Payphones Past

The iSpectrum Internet Payphone Did, in Fact, Exist.

6 years ago

Complete with a full QWERTY keyboard and trackball the iSpectrum "payphone of the future" did, in fact, inhabit at least…

718-505-9550: Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue Station Payphone/TTY

6 years ago

I have a fondness for this payphone on account of my picture from 2013, showing a young woman whose profile…

A Couple of New Tweaks for LinkNYC’s Tablets

6 years ago

Not a lot of new features or content have appeared on LinkNYC this year, minus the advertising screens, of course.…

Inbound Calls Now Allowed to Australia’s Telstra Payphones

6 years ago

Australia's 1800 payphones now allow for incoming calls. Combine that with Telstra's Australia Payphone Locator and I came up with…

Happy Payphone, Sad Payphone

6 years ago

Someone spray-painted happy and sad faces on two adjacent payphones. This is your chance to see them. Hero, I am.

The “WE NEED MORE PAY PHONES” Vandal(s) Never Stop(s)

6 years ago

Whatever I might think of the means I have to respect the determination and hand-crafted work of whoever keeps placing…

Rogue-Looking Payphone in a Sketchy Part of Town

6 years ago

With its placards missing I thought this payphone had gone rogue. But despite its sketchy appearance it appears this phone…

Reflections in a Non-Working LinkNYC Kiosk

6 years ago

I don't see as many non-working LinkNYC tablet screens as I used to. But when I do I will, if…

Living on the Links

6 years ago

Summer weather has finally arrived in New York, bringing LinkNYC's loiterers back to the curb in what appear to be…

Payphone Room at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital

6 years ago

The payphone room at NYU Langone's Tisch Hospital today functions as more of a broom closet than a place to…