Portland Loo: Success where others have Failed

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Portland Loo: Success where others have Failed



Ever attempt to find a public restroom while visiting downtown Jacksonville for an extended period of time?  You'll have better luck walking up to a leprechaun holding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. For Portland, Oregon, using public restrooms is not a matter of necessity, it's an act of civic pride. Portland is home to the Portland Loo, a 24-hour accessible outdoor restroom built to be usable but not too comfortable. As a city council taskforce searches for solutions to improve Hemming Plaza's environment, here is a look at a public amenity worth adding to downtown's public spaces.

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[Noone]

Public, Private, Partnership?  I've got to go.

[Garden guy]

what r they doing for maintenance that cost a grand a month?

[jcjohnpaint]

When I was in Pittsburgh, they had a really cool bathroom solution in the Southside.  You pay a quarter and it lets you in and once you go to the bathroom and leave it washes all the walls.  Not sure exactly how it worked, but people loved it.  Pretty cool though

[ben says]

Been to those options in Amsterdam...fantastic.

[JUGrad]

Are there enough people walking the streets of Jacksonville to warrant this? 

[peestandingup]

Are there enough people walking the streets of Jacksonville to warrant this?

Maybe a lack of pedestrian infrastructure is a reason for no people? Ya think??

[Jameson]

It is very fitting that "peestandingup" commented on this!

[peestandingup]

It is very fitting that "peestandingup" commented on this!

In prison, I was known as "peesittingdown". Don't ask.

[thelakelander]

Are there enough people walking the streets of Jacksonville to warrant this? 

I don't think there's a need to place them on every street corner but there's more than enough foot traffic in specific locations like Hemming Plaza and the riverwalks.

[urbanlibertarian]

It would be interesting to compare the costs of this solution to the capital and O&M costs of the bathrooms on the northbank riverwalk under the acosta bridge.

[hightowerlover]

well the guy on the bike is stealing all the toilet paper

[Debbie Thompson]

Tough to be a woman who "has to go" in Amsterdam. :-)

[prahaboheme]

Boston has the pay-a-quarter public toilets as well (completely hygenic): 

[Ocklawaha]

...with an annual maintenance fee of $12,000.

Well there goes ANY chance of Jacksonville ever embracing this idea.