[lowbridge]

"Bill Katz, design principal at SmithGroup, explained that the restroom was made so that it "figuratively and literally reflected the neighborhoods that it's in."

"We also wanted it to tell a larger story ... about design culture and the forward thinking of San Francisco," added Katz."

A toilet.

[max americana]

We have tne same company operating it a certain intersection close to us in L.A. Guess what? I see city workers cleaning it and FIXING it almost everyday because violent homeless bums destroy it.

[V_TWIN]

“....the restroom was made so that it “figuratively and literally reflected the neighborhoods that it’s in.”

If he means shithole.......they nailed it

[mykroar]

A supervisor allegedly said that after "some lady went in there," the mechanized restroom had not reset to its sitting position.

Sounds like someone's assuming gender. (I love this game).

[Charles Martel]

[lowbridge]

OK, which of you guys broke the toilet?

[DannyTN]

"after "some lady went in there," the mechanized restroom had not reset to its sitting position."

I hate when some lady breaks the toilet.

[Billthedrill]

Touted by the San Francisco Chronicle as the "future of public toilets,"

And that's just when it's going to work. In the future.

[MayflowerMadam]

“the toilet was offline”

That’s something you never expected to hear.

[Red Badger]

[frank ballenger]

Touted by the San Francisco Chronicle as the "future of public toilets"

Then we'll take the past.

Unless it involves "two holers" with a supply of old magazines as toilet paper. Probably an idea for saving the earth's water supply, though. Better not let the think tank guys hear this.

[seowulf]

Seattle’s $5 million automated public toilets sold for $12,000
Originally published August 16, 2008 at 12:00 am

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattles-5-million-automated-public-toilets-sold-for-12000/

[GaltAdonis]

California is NOT 'embracing' the future of toilets.
California IS the future of toilets.

Feces on the sidewalks - I mean yuck...

[airborne]

Sounds like San Francisco is s#it out of luck.

Just like their residents.

[lgjhn23]

I’ll settle for a pre-woke, good, old-fashion Kilgore .
The kind that can handle a full-sized, American male dump without having to flush twice.

[Zack Attack]

Just because it’s for the homeless doesn’t mean you should be cheap when buying the 3 sea shells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnuOa7tDco

[heartwood]

I was last in SF about 20 years ago and they were talking up the marvelous self-cleaning toilet, that cost as much as a house.

We put men on the moon in ten years. The center of US tech can’t build toilets.

The ancient Romans did better.

[Blurb2350]

Leave it to San Fransicko to call upon a public toilet to “express its values.” Oh well, back to the sidewalks.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You have to admit they succeeded!

This story gave me my first chuckle of the day.

[I want the USA back]

I remember pay toilets. (who else here does?) The downtown department stores had toilets for the public, and it cost 5 cents to go into a stall.

They were made illegal, in part because females (they knew the difference back then) needed the sitdown ones, and it cost females 5 cents.

Patriarchal oppressors (they were called men back then) didn’t have to pay if they used the standup ones.

Feminazis complained, and soon there were no public toilets. Then, in their infinite brilliance, the legislators mandated toilets in restaurants of a certain size.

80 years into the future, and the concept of a public toilet is a disaster. The civilization we had back then is no longer possible. Civility and respect for the rights of other people are largely gone. Any public area without armed guards has turned into a place where violence rules, with shootings, slashings, assault, theft, rape and harassment increasing out of control.

Any city that builds public toilets now can expect them to be filled with needles, drug paraphernalia, blood, condoms, body parts and corpses.

[The Louiswu]

If it’s good enough for our prisons…