Payphones Past

Phone Booth Scene from “9½ Weeks”

6 years ago

The phone booth scene from "9½ Weeks" leaves viewers more with the idea of the phone booth, not its haunting…

Beautiful Phone Booth at Onderdonk & Brothers, Ridgewood

6 years ago

Something really does ignite in me when I encounter old wood phone booths like this one in Ridgewood, Queens.

Payphones of “Sorry Wrong Number” (1948)

6 years ago

Vestiges of payphone behavior from an earlier generation are seen in this set of excerpts from "Sorry Wrong Number", a…

Phone Booth Scene from “The Savage Eye”, 1960.

6 years ago

Barbara Baxley makes a phone call in the 1960 film "The Savage Eye".

Rogue Payphone Going, Going, Gone.

6 years ago

The far end of the parking lot at an abandoned Sports Authority in Long Island City was, truth be told,…

Found a Payphone Scene in “The Big Easy”

6 years ago

Not a particularly remarkable appearance of a payphone in "The Big Easy" from 1986.

Unasked Questions About LinkNYC

6 years ago

Coverage of LinkNYC seems always to gravitate toward privacy and surveillance concerns when there are so many more interesting questions…

How I Acquired a Coveted Phone Number

6 years ago

Certain phone numbers are iconic in my life. 212-255-2748 is one such number.

Today’s Payphone Tableau. Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, Queens.

6 years ago

An air conditioner. A football club. A bag of garbage. A green bucket. Oh, and a couple of working payphones…

Strangled and Strangulated Payphone in Elmhurst, Queens

6 years ago

No words. Just some pictures of a strangled and strangulated payphone in Elmhurst, Queens. How does a payphone handset get…