Payphones Past

Steinway Street at 34th Avenue: Another Payphone Gone

4 years ago

All I remember about this one was that it had a Bell South logo on it. Bell South was the…

Looking For a Payphone in Phoenix? Bet You Missed This One.

4 years ago

A fully functional payphone is found tucked away outside the independently owned MG Pharmacy at 4025 West Bell Road in…

Video: An Upper West Side and Midtown Payphone and Phone Booth Stramble

4 years ago

How is CityBridge doing on delivering free local phone calls from its Upper West Side phone booths? And what of…

Phone Booth Scene From “The Rose” (1979)

4 years ago

What a great film. I did not see the phone booth scene coming but guess I should have.

Payphones of Yore at Steinway Street Near 31st Avenue

4 years ago

Some things changed, others did not at this Astoria intersection. One thing altogether gone is the set of three payphones,…

Mounting Backplate Where a Payphone Used To Be

4 years ago

This mounting backplate, which once held a payphone at a Queens laundromat, is still available for purchase at payphone.com. $23.…

Dude Talking on a Midtown Payphone

4 years ago

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A Payphone Gem From Getty Images

4 years ago

A brief window into New York's payphone past in a 1-minute piece about a 30-second payphone at Penn Station. At…

An Astoria Payphone Near the Library: Gone

4 years ago

This payphone outside a library reminds me that I believe public libraries should have public telephone rooms where anyone could…

Payphone Gone From El Gallito Grocery in Astoria

4 years ago

A brief look at the life and times of a 33rd Street TCC Teleplex payphone in Astoria. I don't remember…