About Public Toilets In New York
By Rudi Tautz

   For more years than we can count, if a visitor asked a New Yorker about the where-abouts of a public toilet, the answer would have been, "There aren't any!" There have been many efforts to remedy the situation but, until recently, nothing had been successful in bringing public toilets to the city what has everything...except...
   Now we have seen a breakthrough (no pun intended). Cemusa, Inc., an advertising firm headquartered in Spain, has signed a contract with the City of New York to install a public toilet facility in Madison Square Park. We have heard that these ultra-modern toilets will be wheelchair accessible and self-cleaning. The facility will be at Madison Square Park (which is at West 25th Street and 5th Avenue).
   We have been unable to get a date of when the facility will be operational but rumor has it that it will be in operation before Christmas (this Christmas, folks!). We also could not find out if there will be attendants at the facility but our guess is that there will be.
   As we frequently suggest, check with the the Times Square Visitors Center in the landmark Embassy Movie Theatre on Broadway (between 46th and 47th Streets) for more information. The Visitors Center offers city-wide visitor information between the hours of 8a and 8p, 7 days a week. Operated by the Times Square Business Improvement District, tourist advisors, fluent in many languages, are there to assist you and help make your visit to the Big Apple more enjoyable. We hope you enjoy your visits as much as we have ours!