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General Information
General information about the Portland Loo.
I Want to Purchase a Loo!
Specs and other information you'll need to determine if the Portland Loo is right for you.
Loo Lovers Unite!
Information on the worldwide call for public toilets.
Portland Loo News Archives
News archives about the Portland Loo.
*** "People Can't Wait" ***
A short documentary about the Portland Loo made by Shield Films
Contact

For more information about 

purchasing your own Loo,

please contact:

 

Ross Turkus

503-823-1058

ross.turkus@ci.portland.or.us

 

OR

 

Anne Hill

503-823-4807

Anne.Hill@ci.portland.or.us

 

The Portland Loo: A Unique Solution to a Universal Problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“It’s a big deal if you’re downtown," says [Randy] Leonard, who calls access to toilets

a basic human right. “And I don’t care what income bracket you’re in.… If you have

to use the restroom, it isn’t funny.”

 

Commissioner Randy Leonard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The city's first solar powered Portland Loo was unveiled on 12/8/2008 as Mayor Sam Adams proudly took the first flush! The Loo is now open for business on NW Glisan St. between 5th and 6th Avenues. Future Loos are in the works.

 

The Portland Loo is one of the nation's first cost-effective public toilet prototypes. The Portland Loo has been specificially designed to protect privacy while also preventing nefarious activity of any sort. The City of Portland is proud to be the innovater of such a design. 

 

 

 

 

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Recent Loo News
New Loo for Jamison Park Meets Resistance - The Northwest Examiner 10-2009, Allan Classen
Flush with a New Contract, More Portland Loos are Coming - Portland Tribune 8-29-2009, Kevin Harden
City Says it Found Right Balance of Privy Privacy - Daily Journal of Commerce 8-6-2009, Justin Carinci
Portland Loo: So Far, So Good, So More on the Way - The Oregonian 7-12-2009, Michael Russell
Real World Solutions: Greener Public Restrooms - ParksandRecBusiness.com 06-2009, Tammy York
Loo, Loo, Loo, Loo - OurPDXNetwork.com 6-5-2009, Cosmic Charlie
PHLUSH Honors Toilet Innovators, Hero and Champion - PHLUSH.com 3-27-2009
Neighbors Urge More Public Toilets in Whiteaker Area - The Reigster-Guard 3-3-2009, Shelby Martin
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