Payphones Past

Bell Atlantic Signage

16 years ago

The Payphone Project spotted a phantom Bell Atlantic sign, lurking high over the garage door of an auto body shop.

A Ringing Payphone

16 years ago

I started collecting sounds of payphones, and I shall begin sharing this ongoing collection with a signal rarely-heard today: the…

Farmington Fights For Its Payphone

16 years ago

MPNnow.com reports on Farmington, NY's, battle to keep Verizon from taking its payphone away: "'My biggest concern is someone getting…

Northern Boulevard: Payphone Gone

16 years ago

Nothing remains of this payphone, photographed in March, 2004. Nothing, that is, save for the metal spikes in the sidewalk,…

Queens Plaza/41st Avenue, Payphone Gone

16 years ago

This payphone, once located near the Blackout Payphone, is gone, as are a number of other objects which once lined…

A 5th Avenue Subway Payphone

16 years ago

This horribly blurry and wobbly picture shows a payphone at the 5th Avenue subway stop in May, 2000. For obvious…

Andrei Voznesensky

16 years ago

The New York Times notes the passing of Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky. His poem "Phone Booth" follows.Someone is loose in…