Payphones Past

Queensbridge Payphones Represent in a Video Short From @PiffJones

4 years ago

Nice to see the Queensbridge payphones, among last working public telephones in Western Queens, get some screentime in this short…

Payphones of Manhattan Valley. April 17, 2021. (Video)

4 years ago

There are not many payphones left in Manhattan Valley, but highlights from this weekend's tour of that area's telephonic detritus…

Payphone Rising: Astoria’s Streets Once Again Have Dial Tone.

4 years ago

Do people still use payphones? They would if they could.

A Payphone Prophet Speaks, or Rather Writes… erm… VANDALIZES.

4 years ago

I did not want to touch or even stand too near these phones, which stunk so badly of pee they…

Ravenswood Payphones Replaced With Dogpoop Receptacles.

4 years ago

The exact spots where payphones used to stand around the Ravenswood Houses are today all occupied by "DOG WASTE STATION"…

Rockefeller Center’s “Communications” Portal, Then and Now.

4 years ago

Unlike most phones from my "Payphones Then and Now" series I found one that not only physically survives in this…

Payphone of Yore at Meadow of Dan, North Carolina. Photos by Daniel Hopsicker.

4 years ago

Blue Porcelain Enamel and a dome top made this model unique and I love the triangular shaped sides that wing…

The Payphones at St. John Cemetery in Middle Village: Do They Work?

4 years ago

Of the three PTS phones at St. John Cemetery in Middle Village one of them wants to work but the…

Flushing Payphone Restored To Service. Thanks, PTS! (Video)

4 years ago

PTS, the nation's largest payphone service provider, is keeping the dial tone humming, at least at the Flushing Main Street…

A Best Buy Payphone, Then and Now. No, Not *That* Best Buy Payphone.

4 years ago

Where is he now? This payphone user, that is. Probably talking on a cell phone. I never see anyone use…