23rd and Union

RantWoman lived for quite a spell in the mid and late 1990's really close to 23rd and Union. 23rd and Union is a pretty eventful corner in lots of respects--besides the clatter of RantWoman's momentous events. In short, RantWoman is really intrigued by a local media / oral history / podcast / radio documentary project found at http://23rdandunion.org/index.htm

Warning: it is audio, photos, rap, yak. Not all the audio is completely audible and some that is audible will not sit easily. Be patient. Listen.

23rd and Union still exists in RantWoman's brain as a really important bus node. RantWoman once drew this map of places she goes that was way bigger than some of her other workshop participants. There are many reasons for that, but 23rd and Union was a big part of the motions reflected in that map, motions east and west between downtown, Capital Hill, "the 'hood," Madrona, and Lake Washington, motions north and south along that vast urban ethnography project call the route 48.

RantWoman has several stories, themes, comments she will possibly offer for the venture. RantWoman is also likely to use the site as practice banging on different accessibility issues, for the site and RantWoman's skills:

There is a bit of text overlaying photos that the screen reader does not read.

--RantWoman will have to pay attention to turning audio player on and off on web pages.

--RantWoman never minds if photos have some hint of descriptive tag.

--What the heck does RantWoman get if she subscribes to the podcast?

But the thing is, it's an interesting project anyway. Click. Subscribe or come back to it.