New York City has a complicated history with pay-toilets.
It was one of the first cities to ban them in the 70s following a successful campaign by the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America. But the city lifted the ban earlier this decade. Shortly there after, public-private partnerships started installing a few fancy automated, self-cleaning [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CEPTIA’
New Yorkers shun European-style pay toilets [duh]
The Pay-Toilet Address
I wrote this as a memorial on the 18 month anniversary of the new pay toilet installed in Madison Square Park. It is one of two pay toilets that have been installed in New York by a Spanish company seeking to undermine the right to pee for free that was hard won by the Committee [...]
5 Things about New York City that make America Great (and 4 that remind me of Europe)
In some ways, New York is the most American of cities. Its energy, drive and optimism are emblematic of the American spirit. It is also the birthplace of many great American institutions that have yet to disseminate across much of the rest of the country, like taxi cabs that take credit cards. But with its [...]
Travel Tips #.2 Where to pee in NYC
Years ago, in the dark ages of the early 1970s, New York City had a lot in common with its European counterparts. It was dirty, drug ridden and was suffering under a repressive pay-to-pee regime. But in the mid 70s a fearless band of patriots successfully fought to banish pay toilets from NYC forever. Today, [...]
PATRIOT ALERT #1. CEPTIA
When looking for facts to support my recent post Why Europe Sucks €. 1 Pay Toilets, I stumbled on the little known history of a band of Great American Patriots on Wikipedia.* They were called The Committee To End Pay Toilets In America (CEPTIA), and their mission was to rid America of the European phenomena of pay [...]
Why Europe Stinks €. 1 – Pay Toilets
Everyone knows the feeling.
When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go – and nothing better stand in your way.
But what if I told you there was a land ruled by people who will obstruct your path to the toilet and shake you down for money during your time of need? You would be outraged. [...]
