Payphones Past

Times Square Webcam Payphones Revisited

15 years ago

The payphones at Broadway and 46th Street in New York City's Times Square seem to be objects of particular fascination…

Talking on the Telebeam

15 years ago

I swear sometimes it seems shocking to see a human being use a public telephone in the 21st century. This…

Iranian Phone Booth Seen In Abbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry”

15 years ago

Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste of Cherry" is a favorite film of mine. The film puzzled and at times disappointed me, but…

Harrods Phone Booth. February, 2011.

15 years ago

A globe-trotting friend sent this picture of an ecclesiastical-looking phone booth at Harrods in London. To me this looks like…

Payphone In a Bag

15 years ago

I spotted this payphone in October (on 10/10/2010, to be exact). Something tells me that when I pass this spot…

New York Phone Booths, by Helen Levitt

15 years ago

I spotted this picture last week at the Museum of Modern Art. The photo, by Helen Levitt, is called "New…

Telephone Exchange Names Redux

15 years ago

Back in March of 2010 I commenced a collection of Telephone Exchange Name Sightings. Like my interest in payphones, the…

Happy New Year from The Payphone Project!

15 years ago

This rugged Verizon payphone worked perfectly after being nearly buried in snow during the great blizzard of 2010, the 6th-largest…