Thursday, July 30, 2020

COWEN PARK'S RESTROOMS ARE OPEN

Dear Diary,

Sorry to shout, but isn't this big news?

I've now used the new men's room twice; everything is fine, the dryer giving an unusually long time to dry one's hands, except that I haven't yet gotten soap from the dispenser.

Sorry about no photos.  But it's a good thing that now that the most photogenic set of locked doors is unlocked, there's only one set left.

Oh, I don't know that.  For all I know today's the day of Burke-Gilman Playground Park's weekly restrooms closure.  Or someone has rendered the ones at mid-Golden Gardens Park unusable.  But actually vandalism usually only closes one restroom at a time.  And BGPP's set close only one day a week, usually.

So I think it's pretty likely that the list of intentionally closed park restrooms in North Seattle now stands like this:
  • University Playground
  • Magnuson Park, Brig
  • Green Lake Park, Bathhouse Theater
  • Matthews Beach, shower set
  • Any that might be closed in Woodland Park Zoo
In other words, if things are as I expect, University Playground is now the only park in North Seattle that has restrooms, but no open restrooms.  While for a large number of homeless people this is bad news, it's a huge improvement on last March.

In a couple of days, I'll write in you again about restrooms closed and open, dear Diary.  Until then!



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