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Submission 80988 artstall TORONTO Submission 80988 executive summary ArtStall Toronto is a unique creative place-making project that provides durable, accessible standardized public toilets that are also aesthetically pleasing, decorated in collaboration with local artists to enhance the character of Toronto’s streets, while addressing perceived problems with both public art and public toilets. On a recent CBC broadcast, a pundit argued that Toronto needs a “Percent for Public Toilets” program 10% ADMIN more than one collecting a “Percent for Public 80% Art.” He complained that the city is awash with sculpture and suggested that Toronto should instead CAPITAL spend developer’s contributions for streetscape 10% improvements on tackling the city’s glaring lack of MAINTENANCE public toilets. But why can’t we combine the two? Toronto’s Percent for Public Art policy encourages both stand-alone artistic works and the artistic treatment of functional civic infrastructure. PERCENT FOR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM 10% ADMIN 65% MAINTENANCE Enter ArtStall Toronto. This program would use 25% ENDOWMENT percent for public art funds to address Toronto’s CAPITAL ongoing lack of public washroom facilities, improving Subway access to the city for residents and tourists. By Streetcar Route applying locally-designed artistic skins to the exteriors of the “Portland Loo” – a recently developed Intersection Pedestrian Volume (Persons) public toilet winning praise for its indestructibility, 7862-10000 ease of maintenance and low cost – Toronto can take 10000-15000 a step toward creating more inclusive, beautiful and dignified streets. 15000-20000 PERCENT FOR 20000-24677 Both public art and public toilets can be controversial. However, merging the two might actually help to ARTSTALL address concerns with both. Innovative artwork will elevate the public toilet, de-stigmatizing it and turning it from unwanted and neglected facilities into dignified pieces of civic infrastructure worthy of artistic embellishment. Applying artistic creativity to a functional and even iconic public toilet could help to confront utilitarian critiques of art in the city. Submission 80988 Ultimately, City policy argues that public art fosters our sense of place and belonging. ArtStall Toronto could achieve this both by prominently showcasing local art and giving people reliable access to the washrooms they need to comfortably make use of the city’s streets. Despite trends toward increased use of downtown public space and Toronto’s growing position as a tourist destination, public toilets remain an awkward unmet need in the city. Astral Media constructed two automatic pay toilets on the waterfront before funding earmarked for twenty washrooms throughout the city was re-directed to Toronto’s ailing bike share program in 2013. Since then little progress has been made in providing public toilets outside of parks and civic centres, accessible at all hours of the day. Subway ADMINISTRATION: $15,000 Streetcar Route Public toilets can play a key role in how and if families with small children, older people and people Intersection Pedestrian Volume (Persons) disabilities and medical conditions get out and about 7862-10000 in the city. As recent research by the University of Toronto’s Cities Centre suggests, because public 10000-15000 MAINTENANCE ENDOWMENT: toilets are often negatively perceived, they can 15000-20000 $371,000-465,000 be politically difficult to build or maintain. More 20000-24677 public conversations and advocacy are needed. In this spirit, our eye-catching, artist-enhanced public toilets could make this issue more visible in Toronto, doing what good art does best: challenging conventional notions of how we organize and build our community, sparking questions of whether there CAPITAL: $90,000 -$110,000 isn’t a better, more humane way of building our city. Submission 80988 word count: 1918 submission: 80988 3 Criticized as sources of blight, vandalism, and socially unacceptable activities, Toronto’s last few public toilets closed in the late 1980s. Since then, Toronto has made several attempts to remedy the situation. In 2007, the city signed a contract with Astral Media that would have provided the City with 20 automated public toilets over 20 years. This contract, however, ended abruptly in 2013. Following the installation of two toilets (one in Queens Quay and one in the Beaches), the project funds were transferred to save the Bixi bikeshare program (Dale, 2013). In an attempt to guarantee the right of access to washroom facilities, Toronto City Council amended IMAGE PROBLEMS: the Property Standard By-law (Municipal Code Chapter 629) to require that washroom facilities be provided to the public in retail establishments (City of Toronto, 2009) (The Health Protection and Promotion COMMON CRITICISMS OF PUBLIC ART: Act already ensures washroom facility standards for food establishments). • COSTLY While these are all steps in the right direction, the • USELESS METAL CONTORTIONS problem remains: outside of parks and civic centres, • LOW PRIORITY WHEN MORE ESSENTIAL there are no free, 24h, accessible, safe, legal, nor convenient washroom facilities currently within the AMENITIES GO UNFUNDED City of Toronto. A report released by the University of • PRODUCED BY DISTANT ARTISTS WITH Toronto City Centre suggests that Toronto is lagging behind other major global cities for providing public LITTLE CLEAR RELATION TO PLACE toilets (Solomon, 2013). Often taken for granted, toilets are a basic human need. For many, their absence is a primary obstacle to enjoying and feeling comfortable in Toronto’s built COMMON CRITICISMS OF PUBLIC TOILETS: environment. For the elderly, families with young children, pregnant women, homeless populations, and those with medical conditions and accessibility • OFTEN VANDALIZED issues, the right to access washroom facilities is • SITES OF DRUG USE, SEX, AND OTHER particularly pressing as many are left waiting in line at the local Tim Hortons. ILLICIT ACTIVITY • CLEANLINESS PROBLEMS AND Unlike public toilets, public art has received considerable attention and investment. Often PERCEIVED ICKINESS caricatured as contorted metal adornments to new • BRING DOWN PROPERTY VALUES DUE condos and criticized for being produced by artists in distant locales, the installation of public art in TO POOR PERCEPTION Toronto is a contentious process, especially when such essentials as public washrooms go unfunded. 4the issue LOCAL EQUITY & ECONOMY ACCESS • Public washrooms are an economic • Toilets are a basic human need asset, allowing people of all ages and ability to spend more time in the city. • Lack of toilet access a major barrier to enjoyment of city for the elderly, • Public toilets relieve strain on private people with medical conditions, pregnant businesses and public facilities such as women, parents with children, homeless libraries. people. • Private facilities often not an alternative for homeless, parents with strollers, people with disabilities. TOURIST • For aging population, people with physical and mental health challenges, ECONOMY reliable public toilet access can make • ArtStalls would support tourist difference between going out and economy growth, making the city more confinement at home. user-friendly and accessible. • Lack of restroom facilities impacts reputation as a tourist destination. TRANSIT • Tripadvisor pleas for tips on where RIDERSHIP to pee and websites such as “Airpnp” • UK research shows that public toilets show public restroom availability is a are a missing link in increasing transit widespread tourist concern. ridership (Bichard, Hanson & Greed, 2013). • ArtStalls will function as local tourist icons like New Zealand’s Hundertwasser • Lack of public toilets constrains how Toilets. long people can be away from home and what mode they use to move around • Accessible public toilets are CULTURAL needed near major transit routes and ECONOMY interchanges. • ArtStalls will provide local artists with project income and exposure. CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL • Artwork linked to neighbourhood STREETS character and place-making can enhance neighbourhood identity. • Public urination and defecation are public health risks and add to municipal • Public toilets are often stigmatized cleanup service costs. and politically difficult to build. By using art to normalize public toilet use, Toronto • In this 24-hour city, ArtStalls could will showcase our municipal creativity. reduce late-night public urination and preserve the urban environment for all. what’s at stake?5 you know how that shit go. ArtStall Toronto boldly challenges the assumption that public art is useless. Drawing on Percent for Public Art contributions (secured during the City’s redevelopment through Section 37 contributions, minor variances and plans of subdivision or severance), ArtStalls will add character and identity to Toronto’s streets while simultaneously providing essential public toilet infrastructure. ArtStall Toronto will commission local artists to decorate the exteriors of a series of “Portland Loos”— a proven accessible, compact, durable and low-cost public toilet developed after extensive research by the City of Portland— with unique designs reinforcing the character of the bustling streets and transit interchanges where public washrooms are needed the most. These highly visible and playful facilities will facilitate the enjoyment of public space, delighting—and relieving— residents and visitors alike. The use of public art will reduce the stigma associated with public toilets and boost residents’
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