My mind just isn't wrapping around the concept of new public toilets being built in the city. The pessimist in me screams out, "Bad Idea!" And while it seems to be right for areas such as Times Square or Herald Square, whether this works for Madison Square Park is still questionable.
The area, which I've pegged as Methadone Alley, is generally growing ever more upscale with new residences being forged from the Toy Center and the Met-Life Building as well as every other building with a window facing the park. Persistent though are the head-bobbing heroin-fiends who tend to line the park's benches on Madison and 23rd Street. A favorite is apparently a former body builder with longish 90's hair that walks around shirtless, flexing his pecs when he's not passed out.
Here they are though, the new public toilets. Made of (shatterable) glass. In an out-of-the-way corner of Madison Square Park (behind Shake Shack, on Madison). Serving all the megacolons. Awesome.
