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 New York City 
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52nd Street & 2nd Avenue. August, 2009
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52nd Street & 2nd Avenue. August, 2009

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NYC Phone Booths - Brooklyn
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NYC Phone Booths - Brooklyn

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Lincoln Center Phone Booths, West Side of Avery Fisher Hall. August, 2009.
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Lincoln Center Phone Booths, West Side of Avery Fisher Hall. August, 2009.

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Lincoln Center Phone Booths, East Side of Avery Fisher Hall. August, 2009.
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Lincoln Center Phone Booths, East Side of Avery Fisher Hall. August, 2009.

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British Phone Box, Midtown Manhattan
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British Phone Box, Midtown Manhattan

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Cemetery Payphone Revisited. July, 2009
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Cemetery Payphone Revisited. July, 2009

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New York Public Library, Wood Phone Booths, July 2009
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New York Public Library, Wood Phone Booths, July 2009

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New York Public Library, Wood Phone Booths, July 2009
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New York Public Library, Wood Phone Booths, July 2009

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New York Public Library, wood phone booths. July, 2009
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New York Public Library, wood phone booths. July, 2009

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2005
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Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2005

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It's a phone booth (of sorts) in midtown Manhattan. 747 Third Avenue. (212) 223-8906
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It's a phone booth (of sorts) in midtown Manhattan. 747 Third Avenue. (212) 223-8906

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Highlight for Album: Rotary Dial Phone Booth, November 2008
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Album: Rotary Dial Phone Booth, November 2008
Last change: 11/05/2008
Contains: 7 items.

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36th Avenue, Astoria. October, 2008
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36th Avenue, Astoria. October, 2008

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Verizon/Bell Atlantic Payphone
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Verizon/Bell Atlantic Payphone

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Highlight for Album: Payphone Fortress
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Album: Payphone Fortress
Last change: 10/30/2008
Contains: 4 items.

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Busted up Verizon payphone, Manhattan
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Busted up Verizon payphone, Manhattan

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Yellow Payphone, Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. September, 2008
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Yellow Payphone, Northern Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. September, 2008

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Highlight for Album: Rotary Dial Payphone. Astoria, NY
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Album: Rotary Dial Payphone. Astoria, NY
Last change: 10/26/2008
Contains: 3 items.

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Gutted out Payphone, Astoria, Queens
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Gutted out Payphone, Astoria, Queens

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Manhattan Phone Booths, UBS Building
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Manhattan Phone Booths, UBS Building

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Manhattan Phone Booths, UBS Building
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Manhattan Phone Booths, UBS Building

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Borden Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
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Borden Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City (Hunters Point)
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Long Island City (Hunters Point)

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Toppled Payphone Enclosure, 5th Avenue
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Toppled Payphone Enclosure, 5th Avenue

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Sanitary Payphone, Queens Plaza
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Sanitary Payphone, Queens Plaza

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Yankee Pier, Buttermilk Channel, Governors Island, NYC
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Yankee Pier, Buttermilk Channel, Governors Island, NYC

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Craaaazy Payphone, Queens Plaza, NYC
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Craaaazy Payphone, Queens Plaza, NYC

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Castrated Payphone. Northern Boulevard, Queens
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Castrated Payphone. Northern Boulevard, Queens

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Off the Hook Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC
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Off the Hook Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC

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Coathanger Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC
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Coathanger Payphone. 10th Avenue, NYC

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Dead Payphones, Long Island City, Queens
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Dead Payphones, Long Island City, Queens

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Cemetery Payphone, Queens NYC. October, 2006
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Cemetery Payphone, Queens NYC. October, 2006

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This phone is at the corner of Pierrepont Place and Montague Street, 
just off of the Brooklyn promenade.
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This phone is at the corner of Pierrepont Place and Montague Street,
just off of the Brooklyn promenade.

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Free public telephone.
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Free public telephone.

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Highlight for Album: Last Phone Booths of Manhattan
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Album: Last Phone Booths of Manhattan
Last change: 10/26/2008
Contains: 14 items.

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Long Island City, Queens, NYC.
October 3, 2004
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Long Island City, Queens, NYC.
October 3, 2004

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Upper East Side, Manhattan
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Upper East Side, Manhattan

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Manhattan's Upper West Side
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Manhattan's Upper West Side

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Jackson Avenue, Queens.
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Jackson Avenue, Queens.

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Northern Boulevard, Queens.
High-quality framed prints of this photo are for sale. Click here for more info.
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Now here's a blast from the past
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Now here's a blast from the past

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A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
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A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City

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A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City
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A payphone graveyard on Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City

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Payphone enclosure left out for trash, Long Island City
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Payphone enclosure left out for trash, Long Island City

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Burned out payphone, disposed of in the East River.
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Burned out payphone, disposed of in the East River.


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Long Island City, Queens.
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Long Island City, Queens.

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Outside the Jacob Riis Houses, East 6th Street, Manhattan.
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Outside the Jacob Riis Houses, East 6th Street, Manhattan.

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Sunnyside. May, 2004
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Sunnyside. May, 2004

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Vesey Street Walkway, Ground Zero
April 20, 2003
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Vesey Street Walkway, Ground Zero
April 20, 2003

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Long Island City Payphone.
October 3, 2004.
That's the 59th Street Bridge and the Keyspan Energy Plant in the background.
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Long Island City Payphone.
October 3, 2004.
That's the 59th Street Bridge and the Keyspan Energy Plant in the background.

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Long Island City, Queens
January, 2002
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Long Island City, Queens
January, 2002

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Highlight for Album: TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
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Album: TCC Teleplex Internet Kiosk
Last change: 10/26/2008
Contains: 4 items.

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Talking on the Verizon
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Talking on the Verizon

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Inside a Times Square payphone - April 20, 2003
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Inside a Times Square payphone - April 20, 2003

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33rd Street, Manhattan, across from B&H Photo
April 4, 1999
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33rd Street, Manhattan, across from B&H Photo
April 4, 1999

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Brand New Payphone, Queens. April 9, 1999
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Brand New Payphone, Queens. April 9, 1999


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Coney Island. Brooklyn, NYC
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Coney Island. Brooklyn, NYC

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46th Street, Manhattan - "Little Brazil"
between 5th and 6th Avenues
March 26, 1999
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46th Street, Manhattan - "Little Brazil"
between 5th and 6th Avenues
March 26, 1999

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48th Street, Manhattan. April 8, 1999
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48th Street, Manhattan. April 8, 1999

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66th Street Subway
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66th Street Subway

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Outside the Time & Life Building
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Outside the Time & Life Building

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Outside the Time & Life Building
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Outside the Time & Life Building

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Emily's Coffee Shop Restaurant
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Emily's Coffee Shop Restaurant

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Faces and Names pub, in Midtown
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Faces and Names pub, in Midtown

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Jesus is calling you!
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Jesus is calling you!

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Nipple Keypad, Queens. April 10, 1999
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Nipple Keypad, Queens. April 10, 1999

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New York City Public Library
Main Branch, 42nd Street
April, 1999
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New York City Public Library
Main Branch, 42nd Street
April, 1999

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New York City Public Library
Main Branch, 42nd Street
April, 1999

UPDATE: Click here to see this set of Manhattan phone booths 10 years later when I photographed them again in July, 2009
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New York City Public Library
Main Branch, 42nd Street
April, 1999

UPDATE: Click here to see this set of Manhattan phone booths 10 years later when I photographed them again in July, 2009


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36th Avenue, Queens. April 11, 1999
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36th Avenue, Queens. April 11, 1999

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Queens, New York. April 10, 1999
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Queens, New York. April 10, 1999

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21st Street at 33rd Avenue, Queens
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21st Street at 33rd Avenue, Queens

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36th Avenue subway, Queens
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36th Avenue subway, Queens

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Crescent Street, Queens
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Crescent Street, Queens

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35th Avenue, Queens
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35th Avenue, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens.
Northern Boulevard
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Long Island City, Queens.
Northern Boulevard

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
Steinway Street
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Long Island City, Queens
Steinway Street

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
Steinway Street
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Long Island City, Queens
Steinway Street

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Long Island City, Queens
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Long Island City, Queens

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Outside Tiffany Insurance
Long Island City, Queens
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Outside Tiffany Insurance
Long Island City, Queens

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Highlight for Album: UBS Building, Midtown - early 2009
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Album: UBS Building, Midtown - early 2009
Last change: 08/10/2009
Contains: 8 items.

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There used to be phone booths here. This is the Rockefeller Center basement, near the entrance to the "Today" show
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There used to be phone booths here. This is the Rockefeller Center basement, near the entrance to the "Today" show

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