UPDATE: Celebration for S.F.’s $1.7 million toilet canceled after backlash: “The cost is insane.”
San Francisco politicians will gather at the Noe Valley Town Square Wednesday afternoon to congratulate themselves for securing state money for a long-desired toilet in the northeast corner of the charming plaza.
Another public toilet in a city with far too few of them is excellent. But the details of this particular commode? They’re mind-boggling, maddening and encapsulate so much of what’s wrong with our city government.
The toilet — just one loo in 150 square feet of space — is projected to cost $1.7 million, about the same as a single-family home in this wildly overpriced city. And it won’t be ready for use until 2025.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/million-dollar-toilet-17518443.php