Pentagram Intern Toilet, 'Must-See Attraction,' Rakes in Quarters

Back in January, we passed on news of the sparkling new pay-per-use public toilet, the first of its kind in New York City, in Pentagram‘s backyard—that is, Madison Square Park. The self-cleaning Jetsonian marvel, which features Paula Scher‘s endlessly versatile identity for the park and which we lovingly referred to as Pentagram’s “intern toilet,” is a hit!

According to The New York Times, the seven-month-old, newsstand-sized, “high-end outhouse…has proved to be a popular attraction, with about five people each hour popping in a quarter to use it during its hours of operation, 8 a.m.

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