Payphones Past

Canada: $1 Payphone Calls?

14 years ago

"Using a payphone -- yes, they're still out there -- will cost $1 instead of 25 cents in Nova Scotia…

Payphone Sounds: Recorded Messages

14 years ago

These sounds capture recorded messages which are unique to payphones, meaning most people would never hear them. Listen to timeless…

Out of Focus, On the Payphone.

14 years ago

A woman with a baby stroller in tow tries to make a call from a payphone. Her body language seemed…

Payphone Gone: 32-01 31st Street

14 years ago

There are still payphones at the intersection of Broadway and 31st Street in Astoria. This payphone (seen in a photo…

Payphone Gone: Broadway in Astoria

14 years ago

It's another payphone that once was, that is gone gone gone. This is a former payphone. This is a NON-PAYPHONE.…

Payphones Gone: Soloman Liquors

14 years ago

These Verizon payphones seldom if ever worked, but this did not stop people from sidling up to one of the…

Sacramento: Payphones a Thing of the Past?

14 years ago

The Sacramento Press has an elegiac photo essay of payphones in Sacramento. Some are abandoned, some are in use. Some…

Payphone Scammer Gets 3 Month Prison Sentence

14 years ago

It looks like Nicolaos Kantartzis will be using a payphone for the next few months. A PRISON payphone. The Huffington…

The Greatest Payphone Songs of All Time

14 years ago

Is it Jim Croce's "Operator"? Is it ELO's "Telephone Line"? Is it a song you might not have considered? What…

Corner Payphone. 2011.

14 years ago

An everyday payphone at an everyday street corner.