TIL the "curb cuts" in sidewalks (allowing wheelchair access eg) started with activists smashing curbs in Berkeley with sledgehammers
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Replying to @starsandrobots @jamesfraleigh
Most sources I’ve found give the nod to Kalamazoo. And without the sledgehammer part. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut
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here's one reference:https://twitter.com/metaforgotten/status/755626796645748738 …
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@metaforgotten That talks of the jackhammers by saying Dibner “joked during an oral-history interview.”2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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The article also places Kalamazoo’s curb cuts in the ’40s and Berkeley’s in the ’70s.
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but that Berkeley led to them becoming widespread, yes.
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Berkeley certainly deserves kudos for publicizing cuts, even if they weren’t the first.
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I feel comfortable standing by "started" with respect to curb cuts as an urban movement.
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