Relief as San Francisco public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Bathroom in Noe Valley neighborhood, which became focus of ire for reported $1.7m cost, actually came in at about $200,000 San Francisco made international headlines in 2022 when news broke that a project to build a public restroom in a town square would cost $1.7m. This weekend the toilet affair finally came to an end as the city celebrated its newest lavatory.Residents gathered for a toilet-themed party in the Noe Valley town square on Sunday that was designed to poke fun at the whole saga and...

dailym.ai—San Francisco finally opens its long-mocked $1.7 million public restroom in 'Toilet Bowl' ceremony. San Francisco's long-awaited public restroom was installed over the weekend. A toilet-themed celebration with about 100 people in attendance took place. It has reportedly been built for much less than its original $1.7 million price tag

KSBW—Convoys open to public at Highway 1 slip-out. Starting on April 29, Caltrans will open the two daily convoys to the public.

SFGate—Photos from the most anticipated San Francisco bar opening of 2024. At around 7:30 p.m on Saturday night., the eternal voice of Sylvester rang out from a dance floor on Folsom Street. It isn't unusual to hear the patron saint of San Francisco's disco scene on any given night out, but on this occasion, "Do You Wanna Funk?" served as an apt christening for the reopening of The Stud, one of the city's most iconic queer institutions where Sylvester himself had performed nearly five decades earlier. "It's very surreal," Stud co-owner Rachel Ryan told SFGATE on the...