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The Standard Hotel in New York City afforded the public a clear view of patrons occupying toilets on the hotel’s eighteenth floor earlier this week.

The bathrooms are fitted with transparent floor to ceiling windows and waist-high curtains for privacy.

The curtains had been “temporarily removed” for renovations and staff had forgotten to replace the drapes, the hotel’s manager told the Daily News.

“The view outside is exciting, but the view inside is frightening,” Melbourne resident David Langdon said.

“I saw people waving at me. Sitting on the royal throne, you don’t expect a public viewing.”

The Standard is owned by playboy Andre Balazs and has a reputation for raunchy behaviour, regular pool parties and frequent celebrity sightings.

In 2009 the hotel received complaints about free peep shows courtesy of amorous couples staying in the building.