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- Daniel Johnson August 7, 2018“Thank you for your quote for the City of Shoreline Evan. I can’t being to tell you how effective the Loos have been in solving site CEPTED issues at the Rainier Beach Site. During my tenure as the former operations and maintenance director for Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Loo was a welcome solution to […]hapigood
- Gary Johnson August 6, 2018“Based on Portland’s experience, this public toilet doesn’t just work well for homeless people — it works well for everybody”hapigood
- Bryan Aptekar, City of Portland August 6, 2018“It is worth increased installation costs if it is the right location.”hapigood
- Denise Jillian, ED Harvard Square Business Association August 6, 2018“This is an authentic urban place and we welcome everybody here — from homeless kids to global leaders,…The toilet is really located right in the heart of the square, with traffic coming and going on all sides. So the fact that it’s in such a public space I think is helpful.”hapigood
- Richard Parker, professor at Harvard Kennedy School and member of Action for Cambridge Toilet (ACT) August 6, 2018“This is going to mean that people have a place to go to the bathroom, which is a fundamental human right as much as food or shelter, which [the homeless] didn’t have guaranteed to them before.”hapigood
When Nature Calls… / Published in HudsonReporter.com
There’s a lot to do, but no place to go—this may be the worst-kept secret of the urban experience. You’re planning a day in the Mile Square. It’s summer. Lots
App helps 100k people locate nearest public toilet / Published in Global Times
A China cloud platform has helped 100,000 people find the nearest public bathrooms when they were in need, but citizens called for an improvement in the environment. The Ministry of
Are Smart-bathroom Upgrades a Smart Investment Move? / Published in Think Realty
The Internet of Things and the advent of smart little helpers like Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home have brought the concept of smart design out of the pages
We need more public toilets. Too many people are squatting between parked cars / Published in The Guardian
Public bathrooms are an invitation to participate in urban life — a signal of welcome even more important than parks and benches and trash cans. Those pieces of urban infrastructure
Victoria public loo voted best bathroom in Canada / Published in CTV News Vancouver
VICTORIA -- It's basically a spruced up downtown outhouse, but Victoria's so-called Langley Street Loo is now known as Canada's best restroom. A nationwide contest saw Victoria's outdoor, public restroom
“Canada’s best toilet” being installed in Smithers, BC / Published in CBC British Columbia
It's been called the perfect public toilet and the best toilet in Canada and now Smithers, B.C., is getting its very own own Portland Loo. "It seems to have got a lot
Relief comes to Kamloops in the form of free-standing restrooms / Published in CBC British Columbia
Kamloops, B.C., is getting two shiny, free-standing public washrooms that are made of steel and powered by solar energy. One Portland Loo, as they're called, will be installed on Tranquille
Portland Loos making a splash beyond city / Published in PortlandTribune
The TV show "Portlandia" may be ending this season, but another iconic symbol of the city's weirdness continues to spread around the world — the Portland Loo, a locally designed
Portland, Oregon, spent $250,000 to reinvent the public toilet – and it worked / Published in Business Insider
If you've ever used a public toilet, you probably wish you held the urge until you got home. They're unclean, smelly, and often serve as de facto homes for homeless
Why Portland’s Public Toilets Succeeded Where others Failed / Published in Citylab
For the residents of Portland, Ore., taking a whiz in a public toilet is not just a matter of necessity. It’s an act of civic pride.That’s because the city is
After embarrassment, Seattle finds public toilet that’s just right / Published in The Seattle Times
Seattle is trying yet again to relieve itself of its Pioneer Square public-toilet problem. The city’s current budget includes $230,000 for the purchase, transportation and installation of a stand-alone restroom
Things You Might See on the Sidewalks of Portland
We’re proud that we were able to work with Portland City staff and officials to develop The Portland Loo, which is the name of the freestanding restrooms you can see
5 Things You Didn’t Know About The Portland Loo
Portland’s famous stand-alone bathroom, The Portland Loo, was designed to keep the city clean and discourage illicit activity. Here’s a few things you may not know about this sleek little
In Defense of San Antonio’s $100,000 Toilet / Published in San Antonio Current
It's been nearly a year since a shiny, single-stall bathroom appeared on a busy intersection in downtown San Antonio — and the public promptly lost their shit. The bathroom's hefty price tag
Seattle’s $5 million automated public toilets sold for $12,000 / Published in The Seattle Times
Seattle has officially washed its hands of the five self-cleaning toilets. The toilets cost the city $5 million. They sold on eBay Thursday evening for $12,549. All five were sold