Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/19/2006 | Of urinals, plumbers and a backseat to N.Y.: "Once again, New York wins. And all because it has better toilets.
Edward Keenan, the head of Local 690, which represents plumbers in Philadelphia and its suburbs, did not return phone calls for this story. But those involved in the urinal debate say the plumbers object to the waterless devices because they require less labor to install than the traditional kind."