We technically started our date at Arts & Sciences, where Caitlin and Cleo walked from to meet Auzzie at the Belvedere apartment building. The portion of the walk that took place on MU campus was good. The Hitt street portion is fairly nice because of the new music building that was just finished. However, once we got to Belvedere, it got a bit dicey.
Auzzie was already outside, so Caitlin and Cleo didn't have to go in (yet), but there are stairs on the path to the building’s entrance. So we started our walk to this new, super indie, place called Uprise Bakery and Ragtag Cinema for our date.
On our way to Ragtag, we walked past Brookeside apartments, and the sidewalks were good. However when it came to crossing the street, they got progressively bumpier. Chunks of the curb were laying on the sidewalk.
We arrived at Ragtag pretty quickly, and were greeted by a sign on the door that said that Ragtag had auditory accessibility for moviegoers.
The front door that was 34 inches wide, two inches wider than the minimum requirement of 32 inches. The doorway had slightly incline, but it had a small rampt to make up for it. The door was not automatic, but it can be easily opened by another person.
We arrived for our date around 5pm, so Uprise was fairly empty. There was plenty of room and a lot of the tables were empty. We happened upon a table with three chairs and an empty side, so it worked out well. The tables were fairly tall as well.
While we were waiting for our movie to start, we visited Hitt Street Records, which is connected to Uprise and Ragtag. It is not very accessible at all. Some aisles were wide enough, but most of them were not. The country and blues section was on an elevated platform with no ramp, which means no country or blues for our date. Additionally, the second floor, which has movies and classical music, is only accessible by stairs. Hitt Street Records is unfortunately almost entirely inaccessible.
We moved on quickly and headed to our movie. The ticketbooth was fairly low, compared to the register for Uprise Bakery. The hallways were plenty wide, the only hiccup being the black drapes hanging within the 32 inch range. In the theater itself, there are two seats near the front “reserved for wheelchair.” Ragtag also has closed captioning and earpieces for moviegoers. The theater, overall is accessible, but we noticed that the reserved spot felt a bit ostracizing from the rest of the theater. That said, it served us well.
After our movie, we checked out the bathroom. It’s the main accessible bathroom for Uprise Bakery, Ragtag Cinema and Hitt Street Records. The door was plenty wide and all of the appropriate measures were in place.
After our dinner and a movie, we headed back to Belvedere for private time. Unfortunately, the building has stairs going into and inside of it. Even if we were able to get upstairs to her apartment, the door is only 31 inches wide. Even if we were able to get into her apartment, her bathroom was the size of a closet.
So plan B! We came back on to campus, a place where, legally, the dorm halls have to be accessible. Defoe-Graham Hall’s door was more than 32 inches wide and was automatic. The elevator is huge, and it can hold 8 people. The hallways are wide and the dorm doors are just wide enough to pass through. So private time was a success.
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