Editor's Picks #510

Ed #3 ‘Normal’ published an excerpt from Ignacio G. Galán’s Interview with Jim LeBrecht about the recently released documentary, 'Crip Camp' exploring his experience at Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities aka a "crip camp" not a "straight camp". These issues are personal for Erick Mikiten who commented

"important ideas about the architecture of inclusion. I'm an architect in Berkeley...have used a wheelchair my whole life..the ADA is a set of requirements that are bare minimums; not perfection by any means...far short of the goals of Universal Design...Done right, access is profoundly beautiful".

Plus, Esther Sperber argued that in the case of the top "illegal" 20 floors of 200 Amsterdam Avenue, we should Move the Conversation From Demolition to Creating More Affordable Housing. She even proposed plans for converting the curr...