Payphones Past

212-245-9500, Then and Now

17 years ago

Here is a midtown Manhattan public telephone location that has survived the payphone meltdown of the last 15 years. It…

Then and Now: A 36th Avenue Payphone in Astoria

17 years ago

The first photo is from May, 2003, and shows a payphone outside of Tiffany Insurance on 36th Avenue and 32nd…

Then and Now: A Getty Station Payphone

17 years ago

I was reminded last week of a project that I have meant to pursue for some time: Then and Now:…

Cemetery Payphone Revisited

17 years ago

Two of my life's loves meet in this alley near New Calvary Cemetery on Queens Boulevard. It is a payphone…

Texas Payphones

17 years ago

Daniel Zubiate, of Breakwell PictureZ, has been a long-time friend of the Payphone Project, and has lately been filling up…

Phone Booths at The Hague

17 years ago

Iljitsch van Beijnum writes: "In my home town (well, city) of The Hague, the Netherlands, there are two booths right…

Payphone Pictures: France, India, Iceland, Laos, and more

17 years ago

Olivier Beyssac sent this e-mail: "I love your site. It reminded me of the strange feeling I had when seeing…

Phone Booths of NYC

17 years ago

It looks like someone at this web site found my photo series of the Last Phone Booths of Manhattan, a…

Fading Tech: Dialup Internet

17 years ago

A look at WFMU.org, the web site of WFMU, shows that dial-up Internet users will not be able to access…

Why?

17 years ago

There have always been those who find the Payphone Project and ask one question: Why? Why maintain a web site…