Open for business: Chicago’s first self-cleaning public toilet launched

CHICAGO -- When Christian Malatesta took a midday bathroom break Wednesday, whatever he did made history . The Wicker Park man shook hands with Ald. Daniel La Spata before an automatic door slid shut behind him, making Malatesta the inaugural user of Chicago’s first self-cleaning public toilet. He had emailed La Spata weeks in advance to secure the honor. kAm$6G6C2= >:?FE6D A2DD65[ E96? 2 >F77=65 7=FD9 D@F?565 E9C@F89 E96 H2==D @7 E96 DE2:?=6DD DE66= DECF4EFC6 DE2?5:?8 :? E96 !@=:D9 %C:2?8=6] %96 5@@C @A6?65 2?5 E96 A@H56C\C@@> A:@?66C DECFEE65 @FE[ EH@ E9F>3D FA :? 2? :?:E:2= C6G:6H 7@C 2 ?6H A:646 @7 AF3=:4 :?7C2DECF4EFC6 E92E 4@F=5 D@@? 4@>6 E@ ?6:893@C9@@5D 24C@DD E96 4:EJ]k^Am kAm“vC62E 4C27ED>2?D9:A[” 96 E@=5 2 =:?6 @7 E6=6G:D:@? 42>6C2D 2?5 2 4C@H5 7:==65 H:E9 4:EJ 3FC62F4C2ED]k^Am kAmxE H2D 2 EC:A E@ E96 E@:=6E J62CD :? 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