Payphones Past

Phone Booth at the Great Valley Motel in Wellsboro, PA

5 years ago

A few photos of a single phone booth in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, by Daniel Hopsicker.

711 From LinkNYC: I Spoke Too Soon

5 years ago

I gave myself too much credit in getting someone to fix LinkNYC's inability to connect to the 711 relay service.…

Phone Booths to be Removed Soon from West Side After Complaints – amNewYork

5 years ago

An article at AMNY reports that about 30 payphones on 9th Avenue in midtown are on the chopping block, thanks…

Payphones of “The Glitter Dome” (1984)

5 years ago

Payphones make a couple of appearances in "The Glitter Dome". The second scene is more interesting for its demonstration of…

Boston Pagoda Payphone at Harrison and Kneeland, 2014

5 years ago

The last pagoda payphones in New York's Chinatown disappeared a few years ago, and this payphone enclosure from Boston, at…

K2 Phone Box, Victoria Embankment. Photos by Paul Voller.

5 years ago

Paul Voller, who has occasionally contributed photos to this website for many years, returns with these images of a K2…

Remembering the Golden Days of LinkNYC.

5 years ago

“Caller states the Links are well intentioned but poorly executed.; causing problems that did not previously exist”

I Gave LinkNYC Kiosks Another Chance at Making Phone Calls

5 years ago

I gave the phone calling feature of LinkNYC kiosks another chance after an unexpected question from a neighbor. If conditions…

There Is, Of Course, a Phone Booth Stuffed With Kegs in Speculator, New York

5 years ago

Phone Booth Full of Kegs. Photo by Daniel Hopsicker. Speculator, NY.

711 Now Connects From LinkNYC

5 years ago

The 711 Relay Service is now reachable from LinkNYC, and I'm going to go ahead and give myself some credit…