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Potty time in Wellesley is a colorful sight

March 30, 2019 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Blues, grays, oranges, purples and greens. Springtime flowers have nothing on the vibrant bouquet of portable toilets springing up across Wellesley at homes being built, fixed up or super-sized.

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We’ve blurred the name of one particularly prevalent portable potty provider.

No free advertising for you here, but we should talk…

wellesley potty.

Wildon Road is a veritable meadow of wild plastic outhouses. Here, a rare purple palace peeks out.

wellesley potty.

Latrines doing double duty outside of Babson College’s big recreation/athletic facility project.

 

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Majestic orange potty high atop a steep Wellesley street.

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Where there once stood trees on Washington Street, now stands this magnificent portable green edifice.

This is only a sampling of Wellesley short-term housing stock. Have you come across any truly spectacular ones that we haven’t included here? If so, please share photos…(of the outside): theswellesleyreport@gmail.com

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