The Harborfront here is very accessible, with two notable exceptions. The waterfront has no railing to keep you from falling into the water. We have been living here for about three months, and already we have seen two people fall into the harbor, and one of them died as a result. So it is clearly an issue for everyone, but it is particularly problematic for people in wheelchairs and children who play along the Harborfront. It wouldn’t take much to fix this problem. You really need to put a small barrier between the water and the walkway, and it could be a really low fence or just a curb of some kind.
A separate problem is that the water taxi system that crosses the harbor is also inaccessible. People in wheelchairs would particularly benefit from using this system to get around the Harborfront.
Since my wife and I are immunocompromised elders, we have not had an opportunity to go into any restaurants, theaters, or nightclubs. Hence, it’s not possible yet to say anything about these. We have eaten at some restaurants with outdoor seating, but that doesn’t really allow me to say much of anything about the restaurant other than that the food is either good or bad, but that doesn’t constitute a review of the accessibility of the restaurant so I will wait until we can go inside them to try before I try to write about them.
Having lived in Boston before moving here, I can say that in most respects, Water Front here is much more community-friendly and unrestricted than the waterfront is in Boston, where much of the development that interferes with public access is much newer. Therefore the access issues could have been easily avoided.
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