Breezy and exposed! That's the secret to bathrooms no one, not even street people, wants to live in.
Many cities have had epic, expensive public toilet fails. Seattle, we're looking at you
and your $5 million self-cleaning toilets that wound up trashed. But over at The Atlantic's Cities site, John Metcalfe has a piece detailing why Portland's public potties have survived the aggressions (and heavy use) of the citizens
. Here are Portland's tips for defecation success. 1. Make it open to the elements: we're talking bathroom stall, sans the bathroom. People walking by on the sidewalk should be able to see the peer's feet and hear every little splish, splash, and sploosh in that potty. A comfortable, enclosed public bathroom is a bum's living room, but an open-air crapper is just an open-air crapper. 2. No sink. Bums like to wash clothes in sinks. Instead, provide a spigot outside ...
