Restroom Photography by Lincøln
January 1st, 2008 4:12 AMWhen I was in high school I used to break into buildings for fun. Nothing incredibly illegal, mostly hotels and then find roof access and sit on the roof and watch the view or the stars or the sunrise or whatever. But every building I ever broke into, or went into for that matter, I would always check out the bathroom. A bathroom really reflects the place it's in. How you treat your bathroom is how you treat your guests. Fancy hotels tend to have fancy marble bathrooms. Fast food joints tend to have utilitarian bathrooms that clean up easily. Park bathrooms tend to be made strong and durable with a drain in the floor so it can all be hosed down. I used to love the bathroom at the Whisky A-Go-Go on Sunset. It was terrible and awesome. Covered in graffiti, holes in the wall, broken mirror, a corner missing from the sink counter, the floor was tiled but uneven, it sloped up towards the toilet, most of the tiles broken. It was a piece of art; rough, hodge-podge, raw, beautiful and sublime. It's not like that anymore. It has been remodeled and looks like any other bathroom now, and the music in the place reflects that. Just like any other place.
Well, here is my collection of bathrooms that I love. This task will never be done. It will be updated constantly. I have taken it as my mission to document every interesting bathroom I encounter.
Enjoy this collection. I'm doing this for me, but there is no reason why you can't enjoy my collection while you're here. Sit back, relax, put your feet up, stay awhile.
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Can you remember using the big-boy's urinals as a child?
I can remember the lower-to-the-ground toilets in the girls bathroom...
We agree with Anna One, we believe the politically correct term for 'little people' is 'children'.
And surely midgets pee too?
I can tell you about that short urinal (or ones like it), even though I am female, because I was involved in remodeling a building to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance. There is actually a rule about having a urinal really near the ground.
Yeah, I was just thinking that: it must be hard to reach a tall one from a wheelchair.
Still, the actual mechanics of the event elude me. But I am also a female, so.
This was not in a school or someplace for children, it was at a big boy restaurant. And my best friend is in a wheelchair and it is no less hard for him to pee in a big urinal, or an actual toilet or even the sink. There is no advantage for a low urinal for him. Maybe it is for the little people. It's very strange any way you look at it.
I'm not saying all the ADA regulations make tons of sense for real people with disabilities, just that there is something requiring a very short urinal! We also scratched our heads a lot trying to figure out the motivation behind it. And, unfortunately, because our building has only one urinal, it had to be at the special low height, and now no one can actually use it comfortably. As if bathrooms weren't puzzling enough.
Yeah, it really annoys me when something is done to comply with the DDA (ADA in the US) that is unreasonably inconvenient for all the able-bodied people. Yes, disabled people should be catered for, but ALSO ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, no?
Isn't that the case with you?
Come wee with me! Aim to the little bee! Nothing will be the same afterwards...
I have been constantly updating this task for over a year, and nobody has noticed, but that's OK as I'm often updating old tasks to make them better where possible.
But this time I found a real winner and needed to give a shout out so I could share the awesome with you who may be reading your update page.
I once spent a weekend in Laughlin, Nevada. Every public bathroom I went in had a sharps conatiner.
Maybe my favorite photo I've ever taken is now a part of this task.
This gift I share with you.
I'm pretty sure many of you didn't know this task existed, but I have been slowly updating it every time I encounter a new interesting restroom. Enjoy it. Come back often. It is updated often.
The new era is a microera, and it's BLUE!
Not just BLUE, but full of all sorts of great tasks from the infinite exchange.
So many new old tasks, so little time, so few hording spots in my task-list.
Oh yeah, and an interesting photo, Lincoln. Is it in a place children go?