{"id":1770,"date":"2006-11-14T02:58:27","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/11\/come_see_our_shiny_new_11_million_bathroom.html"},"modified":"2006-11-14T02:58:27","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:58:27","slug":"come_see_our_sh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/come_see_our_sh.html","title":{"rendered":"Come See Our Shiny New $1.1 Million Bathroom!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know a $1.1 million<\/em> bathroom is like a $400 ashtray<\/a>, but it’s still a $1.1 million bathroom<\/a>:<\/p>\n

To make our own ceremonial first flush, The Brooklyn Papers sent its top cub reporter to seek comfort in the so-called “comfort station.” After a brief campaign of shock and awe, he declared it a mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

Refurbished with a wheelchair ramp and a ventilation system that keeps the air warm and fresh on a cold day, this is one state-of-the-art outhouse.<\/p>\n

The structure’s stately brick gives it a Colonial feel, and the natural glow from the skylight adds a nice modern touch.<\/p>\n

In fact, it’s such a pleasant comfort station that visitors have been known to seek a lot of comfort. One man, for example, stayed in one of the two stalls for roughly 45 minutes (yes, it’s that clean a bathroom).<\/p>\n

He finally came out with a strong endorsement.<\/p>\n

“It’s beautiful in there,” he said. “Thank God.”<\/p>\n

No, thank City Councilman Vince Gentile (D-Bay Ridge), who pushed the Parks Department to finally finish the $1.1-million project after two years of contractor bungling.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of which serves as a useful reminder to the Parks Department PR machine that some things are better left unpimped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know a $1.1 million bathroom is like a $400 ashtray, but it’s still a $1.1 million bathroom: To make our own ceremonial first flush, The Brooklyn Papers sent its top cub reporter to seek comfort in the so-called “comfort station.” After a brief campaign of shock and awe, he declared it a mission accomplished. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture_infrastructure","category-brooklyn","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}