Courtesy of the SF City Gov.

SF Gate and others are reporting on the pPods — formerly known as pissoirs — that will go in at Dolores Park. Earlier, park users weren’t so sure about them, but they evolved in look. Of course there were those park users who preferred the pee push-up.

First came the iPod – now comes the pPod, a custom-made, open-air urinal that San Francisco is installing at Dolores Park to help deal with the hordes of male hipster inebriants that descend on the popular Mission spot on weekends.

Essentially, says Recreation and Park Department project manager Jake Gilchrist, “we are talking about a screen and a drain” that can get the potty job done using “a much simpler design.” READ MORE.

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  3. “the hordes of male hipster inebriants that descend on the popular Mission spot on weekends”

    That was of course the Chronicle’s disparaging categorization of the community who enjoy Dolores Park, and not DPT’s.

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