Offmarket new Access Codes
anon@indymedia.org (Offmarket) | 26.04.2011 12:22 | London
OffMarket has moved to a new location just 5 doors away from the old place. The new address is 121 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, E5 OPN. Here are the access codes for our new building.
Accesibility and Access Codes
#Doors#
Reading Room Door: 189cm x 79cm
Door leading to Kitchen and Toilet: 189cm x 79cm
Toilet Door: 189cm x 79cm
Doorless Doorway leading to Kitchen and Toilet: 201cm x 85cm
Stairs Archway: 206cm x 96cm
Front Door: 201cm x 98cm
#Stairs#
Narrowest Point: 92cm
Height of Stairs: 21cm
#PUBLIC TRANSPORT#
One bus-stop is 70 feet from our front door (via a zebra crossing, in a side street). Bus 242 stops here en route to Homerton Hospital.
Another bus-stop is on our street but on the other side (via a zebra crossing), 20 feet from our front door. Buses 48, 55, 106, 253, and 254 all stop here en route to Cambridge Heath.
Finally there is a bus-stop on our side of the street, 130 feet from our front door. Buses 38, 48, 55, 106, 253, 254, 425 and 488 all stop here en route to Clapton Roundabout.
The zebra crossing is 6 feet from our front door.
Nearest train stations are Clapton and Hackney Central, each are at least 15 minutes walk or a short bus ride to our front door.
#ENTRANCES#
Main entrance is a shop front door, with a 13cm high step. Please see below for further details.
#DOORS#
Front door step is 10cm high. Front door is 79cm wide and 201cm high, and opens into the shop.
This takes you straight into the main space. A smaller room, used as a reading room, to the rear is accessed through a door which is 79cm wide and 189cm high.
Also at the rear is a door leading to both the kitchen and toilet which is 79cm wide and 189cm high.
There is a doorless doorway to the kitchen and the toilet which is 85cm wide and 207cm high. However this entry is obstructed by the kitchen sink and is at its narrowest is only 72cm wide.
The door to the toilet is 79cm wide and 189cm high. The toilet is 220cm from this door, which opens into the toilet room. The toilet seat is 40cm high. The light switch is in the external corridor and is 134cm high. There is a small sink on the left of the toilet, 230cm from the door and is 81cm high.
#INSIDE BUILDING#
We are entirely on the ground floor of the building. There are steps leading to the basement which is not used, as well as the step at the front door.
#ROOM DIMENSIONS#
The main room at the front is 520cm x 1000cm. The reading room is 193cm x 495cm. The toilet room is 265cm x 212cm. The kitchen (excluding cupboards) is 157cm x 71cm.
#FLOOR SURFACES#
There is a central laminated floor leading through the main room which is otherwise carpeted, there is carpet in the reading room and in the kitchen with linoleum flooring in the toilet.
#LIGHTING#
Lighting is currently patchy but quite bright, via florescent and bulb lights in the ceiling.
There are large, shop-front style, windows at the front of the building/main room. The reading room is lit by bright florescent lights The kitchen is lit by a bulb light. The toilet has a large window which allows some light, but is also lit by a bulb.
anon@indymedia.org (Offmarket)
Original article on IMC London:
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/8851