Few toilets — if any — have ever received the level of
government and media fanfare that greeted the new public pay potty that
opened today in Madison Square Park. First, the full force of New York
City’s newspapers, television and radio were there to tape,
record and take notes on the first flushes. Second, the toilet is the product of an on-and-off decades efforts (detailed below) by city officials to, uh, serve the needs of New Yorkers.
So it was understandable that the city officials reveled in the toilet
paper roll-cutting ceremony (which, fittingly, they did with their
hands) on Madison Avenue, between 23rd and 24th Streets. But they
couldn’t resist the temptation of scatological humor: “No.
1!” (Janette Sadik-Khan, transportation commissioner), “in
loo of” (Adrian Benepe, parks commissioner), “doesn’t
block pedestrian movement” (Daniel L. Doctoroff, outgoing deputy
mayor for economic development).
government and media fanfare that greeted the new public pay potty that
opened today in Madison Square Park. First, the full force of New York
City’s newspapers, television and radio were there to tape,
record and take notes on the first flushes. Second, the toilet is the product of an on-and-off decades efforts (detailed below) by city officials to, uh, serve the needs of New Yorkers.
So it was understandable that the city officials reveled in the toilet
paper roll-cutting ceremony (which, fittingly, they did with their
hands) on Madison Avenue, between 23rd and 24th Streets. But they
couldn’t resist the temptation of scatological humor: “No.
1!” (Janette Sadik-Khan, transportation commissioner), “in
loo of” (Adrian Benepe, parks commissioner), “doesn’t
block pedestrian movement” (Daniel L. Doctoroff, outgoing deputy
mayor for economic development).
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