Payphones Past

Tour of Some Payphones in the Bronx, Upper East Side, and the Port Authority Subway Station

5 years ago

Here's what I could find of payphones in three separate parts of town. Not much dial tone to be heard…

Profiles in Technology

5 years ago

A poignant little pairing of the old and the new at 21st Street and Astoria Boulevard.

I Witnessed a Payphone Being Removed Yesterday

5 years ago

I just happened to have been present at the removal of an Astoria payphone yesterday morning. It is always jarring…

TITAN: Turning Midtown Payphones Into An Outdoor Museum

5 years ago

There is some pretty good stuff on some Sixth Avenue payphones. "TITAN" brings the work of 12 artists to 12…

Tijuana Take Your Mother to the Payphone?

5 years ago

Some Tijuana, Mexico, payphones, from Gabriel Sandoval, reporter at TheCity.NYC. I've backed up Gabriel a few times on his coverage…

Dead Phone in a Land of the Dead

5 years ago

Two of my life's interests meet: A payphone at a cemetery. An old, abandoned PTS rig stands just inside the…

Woodside’s Payphone for the Fallen Soldiers

5 years ago

I got schooled yesterday on what the graffiti all over this payphone means. A gang member told me these are…

No Phone in the Phone Booth at Meadowbrook Campground, Ray Brook, NY

5 years ago

This is another set of photos from Daniel Hopsicker, who's been sending up dozens of payphone and phone booth photos…