Payphones Past

When a serial murderer calls… from a payphone

19 years ago

Here is an interesting story about one reporter's involvement in the infamous Zodiac serial murderer case. In September, 1969, the…

New York: Subway Pay Phones Harder to Find

19 years ago

It is fair to assert that most New Yorkers are probably indifferent to the decline in payphones in the subway…

Calling cards dropping their anonymous shield?

19 years ago

For many years, one of the most frequently visited sections of The Payphone Project has been the pages explaining what…

Loren Everly: International Payphones

19 years ago

By far the most impressive individual's collection of payphone pictures I have seen in a long time, Loren Everly has…

Miami Herald: Pay phones a dying breed

19 years ago

The Miami Herald reports: "80,000 pay phones were taken out of service in the past seven years. 150 calls a…

Ocala: Pay phones being put out to pasture

20 years ago

A lively story about the declining number of payphones in America. This story includes a multimedia feature containing sound effects…

Maine: Public Interest Payphones

20 years ago

The Concord Monitor reports: "Mainers in more than 40 locations who were stranded without a line to the outside world…

Maine: Good Old Pay Phones

20 years ago

This story describes how the residents of Cliff Island, Maine, took advantage of Maine's "Public Interest Payphone Program" to restore…

Mendocino: Pay phone removals provoke worries

20 years ago

The Mendocino Beacon refers to the Payphone Project, and to the "This Ain't Livin' blog cited in this story about…

Payphone Warriors: A New York City Street Game

20 years ago

From the maybe-you-had-to-be-there department: "In 'Payphone Warriors,' teams of four players spread out from Manhattan's Washington Square park in a…