[chaosagent]

Based on the skating rink, Trump could have built it for $9.95. And better.

[9YearLurker]

http://pix11.com/2017/07/06/tiny-2-million-dollar-public-bathroom-opens-in-brooklyn-park/

I hope Don Jr runs for mayor once his dad’s second term winds down. It is going to take a massive rebuild to come back from two terms of DeBlasio!

[dforest]

The bathroom still probably only cost 50k, the rest went into RAT pockets.

Thanks taxpayers, suckers.

[Oratam]

Yet not far away, Bryant Park has a bathroom that gets much more use. That bathroom cost just $300,000. Why the difference?

Bryant Park is privately managed.

I remember when that bathroom was re-opened about 25 years ago by the Bryant Park Business Improvement District founded by Dan Biederman and managed by the very capable Andy Manshel. They transformed Bryant Park from a place you didn't enter even at noon on a sunny day into an urban oasis.

[econjack]

Remember back in ‘72 when the speed limit dropped to 55mph because of the gas shortage. After it was all done, it was determined that TX had replaced the speed limit signs 6” too low and was threatened with revocation of Federal highway funds if they didn’t move all of them up 6”. One guy remarked: “It’s a good thing the Feds didn’t take on the project. They would have lowered the highways 6”.”

[Carl Vehse]

"New York City government"

That explains it. It's a euphemism for "corruption beyond belief."

[IronJack]

The park needs a place for the fags and junkies to congregate. A mere $2 million is a bargain. And a lot of union hacks got nice vacation out of it. So quit yer bitchin’, peasant.

[I want the USA back]

Cities always pay more. The cost of corruption and taking care of one’s friends.
Ask instead if the $hithouse forces the user to face mecca. Wanna bet it was built in such a way as to avoid that awful blasphemy, thus establishing *slam as a religion of the state?

[ETL]

Did I miss the name of the New York City park being discussed in this article?

[Lizavetta]

Obamacare's website was supposed to cost $464 million. It cost $834 million and still crashed.

Imagine how much Amazon, Facebook, Ebay, etc. paid to create their websites, which cater to exponentially more people. Talk about a payoff disguised as a jobs project.

[ETL]

The park is Gravesend Park in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, near Coney Island. My brother just moved from the area about a month ago. Used to be ~90% Italian. Would barely recognize it today. Chinese, Middle Eastern, Hispanic...

From another article...

BROOKLYN — How much should a public restroom cost? Not$2 million dollars according to New York City Councilman David Greenfield.

“The men’s room has two urinals, one toilet, two sinks. The men’s room itself is roughly 120 square feet,” Greenfield said. “Two million bucks, are you kidding me? That’s wrong.”

Spending $2 million for a 400 square-foot bathroom at Gravesend Park is a case of money mismanagement by the city, Greenfield said. The councilman expressed his concerns numerous times to the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

“I said ‘Commissioner, I can buy this house across the street for a million dollars. ...”

http://pix11.com/2017/07/06/tiny-2-million-dollar-public-bathroom-opens-in-brooklyn-park/

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[ETL]

Weird. Although the park is named Gravesend Park, it is actually in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, off 18th Ave.

[ETL]

Gravesend Park

18 Ave., 19 Ave., bet. 55 St. and 58 St.

Brooklyn

Directions via Google Maps 

The origin of this park’s name is somewhat unclear. There are two possibilities. The name might have been chosen due to the site’s proximity to Washington Cemetery. In this sense it would literally imply that the park is at the grave’s end. It is also possible that this property is somehow named for the neighborhood of Gravesend, which today lies more than a mile to the south, or for Gravesend Avenue, present-day McDonald Avenue.

Gravesend was the first English settlement in New York. Founded by Lady Deborah Moody (c.1583-1659) in 1645, the solitary English town developed an air of self-sufficiency that lasted until 1894 when it was finally annexed by the City of Brooklyn. Over the centuries, Gravesend grew in importance and size. A map dating to 1850 indicates that this property was within the Gravesend town line. By 1890, however, it clearly belonged to New Utrecht. Gravesend Avenue was a key route though Kings County, connecting the City of Brooklyn, and all towns on its way, to Gravesend. In 1933, the thoroughfare was renamed to honor an Alderman (equivalent to a Council Member) who had died as a result of swallowing a chicken bone.

The City of Brooklyn first acquired this parcel in 1896 for construction of a disciplinary training school. The school closed in 1916 and parks acquired the property in 1917. Only 23 years had passed since Gravesend was its own town. McDonald Avenue, which lies a few blocks to the east, was still known as Gravesend Avenue, and parks were often named for nearby, major streets. While it is difficult to say absolutely, it seems likely that this park was named to honor Gravesend.

Discover the history of Gravesend Park

[The Sons of Liberty]

$2 Million Bathroom

Not knowing, or caring what NYC does, I'm immediately suspicious that some politician (probably the crooked commie NYC Mayor) wanted to payback some union bosses, while receiving some kickbacks of his own.

[CrazyIvan]

I cruised by some government boondoggle bridge project that had been going on for months with an old Navy Chief. He took one look and growled “SeaBees would have had it done by noon”.

[simpson96]

bookmark

[minnesota_bound]

Been going on for years. He are 2 more stories.

The Interior Department’s $98,000 outhouse
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/federal-spending-that-stinks-a-98000-outhouse/

Park Service builds a $333,000 outhouse Government: ‘We could have built it cheaper, yes, but we wanted someone coming up the trail or off the road to encounter a nice restroom facility,’ says Roger Rector, the park superintendent.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-10-26/news/1997299098_1_national-park-service-park-superintendent-outhouse

[Impy]

Pentagon toilet seat redux.