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Agschmid

(28,749 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:27 PM Feb 2014

Membership Only Bathrooms - Coming Soon to a City Near You!

To be able to shower in a train station might not sound luxurious, but that's what I felt it was after dropping a few guilders at Amsterdam's Centraal Station to rinse the travel grit off and stow my backpack. Train station bathrooms and lockers are a godsend to travelers, but this American has only ever encountered them in Europe and some parts of Asia.

Now a company called POSH Stow and Go aims to bring readily-available bathrooms and temporary storage to travelers in New York City—minus the train station. The company's plan is to rent street-level spaces and kit them out with lockers, storage rooms, powder rooms with toilets and "luxury showers." And they're even staffed: "Our bathroom facilities—featuring motion-sensored flushers and faucets, high-powered hand dryers and even baby-changing stations—are immaculately clean, sanitized and cared for by a friendly and attentive staff that is always on duty," writes the company.

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Membership Only Bathrooms - Coming Soon to a City Near You! (Original Post) Agschmid Feb 2014 OP

"Rent street-level spaces"? I'll believe it when. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #1

Who wouldn't want to freshen up on their way out on a date after work. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #2

I have a sneaking suspicion that the "soundproof rooms" are going to be used for a bit more than... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #3

But members only tete-a-tete... Agschmid Feb 2014 #4

Exactly A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #5

Can you send me the Revit model of that? I need to make some changes and madinmaryland Feb 2014 #6

So it's a fitness center ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2014 #7

SFO has something similar within the airport davidpdx Feb 2014 #8

for those who are too good to bathe in the sink in the McDonalds? NightWatcher Feb 2014 #9

Been talked about here in NYC for years dr.strangelove Feb 2014 #10

Sounds like an upscale truck stop to me jmowreader Feb 2014 #11

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

1. "Rent street-level spaces"? I'll believe it when.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:32 PM

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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Who wouldn't want to freshen up on their way out on a date after work.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:38 PM

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A HERETIC I AM

(24,380 posts)

3. I have a sneaking suspicion that the "soundproof rooms" are going to be used for a bit more than...

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:47 PM

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their intended purpose.

Sounds like a perfect place for an illicit tete-a-tete.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

4. But members only tete-a-tete...

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:51 PM

Feb 2014

So basically it's a bathhouse... I didn't think about that!

A HERETIC I AM

(24,380 posts)

5. Exactly

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 10:11 PM

Feb 2014

An upscale by-the-hour room to rent.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

6. Can you send me the Revit model of that? I need to make some changes and

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 11:11 PM

Feb 2014

check the MEPT layouts.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,375 posts)

7. So it's a fitness center ...

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 07:04 AM

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... without all those steel things clanging.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

8. SFO has something similar within the airport

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 08:36 AM

Feb 2014

I'm not shitting you, my wife went in there to buy a personal item and it was like $5 or 6 dollars. Highway robbery

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

9. for those who are too good to bathe in the sink in the McDonalds?

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 08:56 AM

Feb 2014

Ooooo la la, must be nice.

dr.strangelove

(4,851 posts)

10. Been talked about here in NYC for years

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Fri Feb 21, 2014, 10:05 AM

Feb 2014

A recent proposal was for a monthly card at about $200 per month, which for business clients is about $10 per day considering it would mostly be useful on work days. While this seems crazy, I bet a lot of people would use it for its intended purpose, a clean place to go. Public toilets in NYC are extremely gross. People here seem to care very little.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)

11. Sounds like an upscale truck stop to me

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 05:59 PM

Feb 2014

If you can pay one monthly fee to use any bathhouse in their network, runners will be a HUGE part of their clientele. Think of it: if you lived in Brooklyn but wanted to run in Central Park or Staten Island, you could without having to wear running clothes to your destination or sweat-soaked ones home. It'll also be good for people who have early-evening dates. New York is so big this can't help but be a success.

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