t the intersection of Howard and 2nd Streets for example, a stamp in the concrete reads TS DRAWOH. A few blocks away at Harrison and 3rd Streets, one corner reads HARISON. San Francisco is one of the few cities that have an ordinance on the books requiring the city to stamp street names into corners. As the city works to replace handicapped accessible ramps throughout the city, Rachel Gordon from the Department of Public Works says, errors are inevitable. There are some errors. Some of them are embarrassing; others are whimsical, said Gordon. She says the city bids the work out to contractors, who sometimes make the errors. She explained the process of stamping the letters involves placing metal letters backward, before imprinting them into the freshly poured concrete. Gordon said the city is focused on getting the ramps right, and that spelling the street names properly sometimes takes a back seat to other priorities. The engineering is correct, that theyre the right slope. That theres not going to be any barriers that people in wheelchairs or walkers are going to trip over, said Gordon. Probably how you spell the street name is not given the highest priority. She says if someone complains about a misspelled street name, the city can fix it at a cost of about $300 to the city. Money she says she would rather see spent on other projects. Its not our high priority at public works. There are a lot of other things wed like to use our money for, said Gordon.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 03:59:06 +0000
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