Payphones Past

Midtown Payphone Survivors, Ten Years Later

16 years ago

Continuing my series of Payphones in New York City Then and Now, I present a set of payphone survivors in…

Ravenswood Payphone, 10 Years Later

16 years ago

Where are the payphones in New York City? Try the housing projects.Housing projects have lots of payphones, and most of…

An Astoria Payphone, Ten Years Later

16 years ago

Continuing my lightly-updated series of "Then and Now" pictures of payphones in New York City, I spent the last few…

Payphone Factory

16 years ago

Spotted a payphone factory today. Wow!

Are There Any Payphones Around Gantry Park?

16 years ago

A lot has changed around Hunters Point South in Long Island City. Most of the payphones are gone. Some survive,…

Telephone Exchange Names

16 years ago

Here is my latest paean to telephone nostalgia: My collection of Telephone Exchange Name Sightings. You don't see too many…

Farmington, NY: Don’t Take Our Payphone, Verizon

16 years ago

MPNnow.com reports: "The Verizon phone technician never saw it coming. "Armed with the customary work order, and with the uneventful…

Wellington Phone Box Bombed

16 years ago

Blakamin writes:"I saw this box being checked out by the police and surrounded with crime scene tape on saturday"A story…