Portland Loo

Portland Loo at Colonel Summers Park. This unit is fitted with a sharps disposal option. It was placed into service in September 2017.
Randy Leonard alongside Portland Loo, 2010

The Portland Loo is a type of single-occupancy public toilet designed by the city of Portland, Oregon.[1] It is manufactured, sold, and marketed by the Portland-based manufacturer Madden Fabrication under license from the city,[2][3] for $96,000 each.[4] The first unit was installed in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in Portland in 2008. Since the first unit was installed, additional 54 units have been purchased by February 2018, mostly by 20 other cities and 15 of them within the city of Portland.[5][6]

In 2014, marketing for the restroom was transferred from the city of Portland to Madden Fabrication.[7]

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