San Francisco opens first open-air urinal

San Francisco's is now home to the city's first open-air urinal, the latest move to combat public urination.

The cement circular urinal is out in the open, though plants and a screen offer some privacy. It's a welcome addition for the park that had just three toilets, which led many to relieve themselves in bushes and on buildings.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-open-air-urinal-san-francisco-20160128-story.html

 

San Francisco IS an open air urinal.

 

So its a piss hole.

 

lmao it's right in front of the sidewalk!

 

As are most cities.

https://www.fastcodesign.com/3067905/pariss-classy-new-public-urinals-use-your-pee-to-grow-flowers

 

My bet is it rapidly fills up with #2

 

What happened to the warning of "Don't Pull On Superman's Cape", "Don't Fight Big Bad Jim", and Don't Piss Into The Wind".

 

Then will San Francisco be a sh*thole??

 

There's no drain? They stand in pee? That can't be it.

San Francisco is regressing. Things were more civilized in the 1849 gold rush.

 

Yuck. I almost think I can smell it from here. And I'm in Florida.

 

Looks like theres a round drain grill there. Hard to see with all the Hepatitis crust covering it though.

 

That is beyond disgusting. Do women pee there also? This is like Europe in the Middle Ages.

Liberals ruin everything they touch.

 

I'm sure there are plenty of "women" in SF that can do it standing up.

 

The sad part, aside from the freaking obvious, this was likely months in planning, thousands spent on engineering, planning and specifications, thousands spent on utility locations (pipes, wires) and probably relocation, at least two public hearings before a full committee, thousands spent on bid solicitation conformity to rule, thousands spent on the bid process, at least one committee meeting to award the bid...... ....... then one final meeting for public comment where one sound minded citizen asked "if it wouldn't be cheaper for the utilities or parks department to use two men two days overtime and five bags of redi mix and just do it?" The committee agrees and after $20k spent in engineering, planning, etc. two city employees do it for $600.

Insanity.

 

You forgot the endangered species study.

 

This is going to be a magnet for flashers and those that compulsively masterbate in public.

Freak show!

 

San Francisco liberals don’t make such sexist distinctions as you just did by assuming that men are different from women.

 

Who the hell designed that thing? It faces public transport, doesn't appear to have a drain, shoe splash back is going to be an issue.

I design things for a living, and I'm confident I could have designed a better solution, likely for half the cost.

 

Liberals.

You know, the smartest people in society.

 

I'm not going to agree with this.

There is a reason public projects go through the procurement process. First it's two guys and a few bags of readimix, then it's the same friends of an alderman building bridges.

 

And rushing to SF are the perverts with binoculars. Brilliant

 

WHAT could go wrong?

 

^ Thread win.

But I think it's spelled "selfplezurebate."

 

Perhaps they think that it might serve as a tourist attraction, Come to beautiful San Fartcisco and have a picture taken of yourself whizzing with the bridge in the background. Or maybe they just don't want to be outdone by the third world countries. Some would argue that coastal California is a open sewer politically anyway so why not just go for the whole enchilada. They could have entire open air toilets where you could share sections of the news paper with the stranger next to you. I can just see the tourist flyers now with catchy mottos like You Ain't S*** Until You Have Been to San Francisco.