'Mysterious vacuum sounds and clanging noises emanated from behind its curved closed doors.'
The first of these public restrooms was installed Nov. 23 at Embarcadero Plaza and has already had about 400 uh, “uses,” according to Beth Rubenstein of San Francisco Public Works. It’s staffed with a full-time attendant and open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily — JCDecaux agreed to shell out $2.2 million a year to staff about 11 of them, per the department’s press release.
Part of the agreement with JCDecaux also involves replacing some of the city’s most discreet urban landmarks: Those cylindrical, forest green automatic bathrooms stationed throughout the Embarcadero, the Tenderloin, and other dense San Francisco neighborhoods, the release added. The new, Kubrick-esque toilets are designed to survive the city’s biggest everyday challenges, like weather, vandalism and, of course, people themselves.
Almost as soon as I exited Embarcadero Station, I saw the stainless steel monolith gleaming in the distance. A couple of intrigued bystanders eyed it up and down, seemingly confused by the 13.5-foot-tall sculptural orb. As I stood in line behind someone Tuesday morning and waited for it to self-clean, mysterious vacuum sounds and clanging noises emanated from behind its curved closed doors.
” than San Francisco Public Works. My immediate thought was, “This is nicer than most bathrooms in people’s houses, including my own.”Ice-cold water completely drenched the toilet seat, the floor, the toilet paper dispenser, and somehow each and every surface. At first, I didn’t mind — after all, it was clean. But then, frustratingly, I saw that even this “
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