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Porcelain New York

Because we all gotta pee.

Looking at City Hall through the gate on the west side.

Mayor Adams’s Claim: The Public Can Pee at City Hall. Hell Gate Porcelain New York Rating: FALSE

Katie Way

June 10, 2024

18 posts

Mayor Adams at the bathroom presser.

Mayor Eric Adams Says the Public Can Pee Freely at City Hall

Christopher Robbins

June 03, 2024

Lincoln Center Has a Great Public Bathroom—Why Aren’t There More Like It?

Lincoln Center Has a Great Public Bathroom—Why Aren’t There More Like It?

Erin Durkin

May 10, 2024

After Migrants Showed Up in Tompkins Square Park, the Adams Administration Pulled the Port-a-Potties

After Migrants Showed Up in Tompkins Square Park, the Adams Administration Pulled the Port-a-Potties

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 23, 2024

Modular restrooms rise above the sand dunes in the Rockaways.

Rockaway Beach’s Breezy, Rusty Modular Bathrooms Turn 10

Christopher Robbins

August 21, 2023

Holy Crap: City Council Aims to Build Thousands of Public Toilets Across NYC

Holy Crap: City Council Aims to Build Thousands of Public Toilets Across NYC

Christopher Robbins

August 02, 2023

Long Meadow outhouse.

A Glimpse of (Bathroom) Hell in Prospect Park Heaven

Max Rivlin-Nadler

May 26, 2023

A diptych of two purple orchids in a brightly lit bathroom at LaGuardia Airport.

The LaGuardia Airport Bathroom Orchids Aren’t Just Surviving—They’re Thriving

Katie Way

April 28, 2023

The exterior of the Women's Bathroom in the Capitol Building

The Only Good Place in Albany Is the Women’s Bathroom on the Second Floor

Esther Wang

April 24, 2023

Bathroom of 100 Centre Street

Plumbing the Depths of the Manhattan Criminal Court System (Bathrooms)

Nick Pinto

April 10, 2023

‘Comfort Stations’ Are Gone (OK???) But How About Building More Public Bathrooms?

‘Comfort Stations’ Are Gone (OK???) But How About Building More Public Bathrooms?

Esther Wang

March 29, 2023

The interior of a gleaming MTA bathroom at Jay Street-MetroTech

Peeing Is Believing: These Renovated MTA Bathrooms Are Spectacular

Christopher Robbins

February 03, 2023