Payphones Past

PRAY-Spotting in the Movies.

3 years ago

Thanks to Diggy64 in the comments section of 2020's article "PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan" we now know that work…

[VIDEO] The Romance of Knowing Your Shit in an Avalanche of Fools

3 years ago

I have resumed making Payphone Radio calls from still-working New York City payphones. In this episode I explore the unthinkable…

Payphones at the Metropolitan Museum

3 years ago

These phones at the Met Museum in New York may not be antiquities by Museum standards, or compared to other…

Another NYT Plug, and: The Doomsday Payphone Is For Sale!

3 years ago

A true end of an era in New York City payphones seems to be upon us. The last of the…

Talking It Up On Flushing’s Only Working Public Pay Telephone

3 years ago

Action shot from today. Reliable sources tell me this phone does about $1.50 in business a day. But it shouldn't…

Romeo & Juliet at Central Park, With a Chorus of Payphones Looking On

3 years ago

The bronze statue, by Milton Hebal, still stands outside the Delacorte Theater. The payphones didn't make it.

VIDEO: What Happens When Trying to Make a Call Through CityBridge’s Last “Official” Street Payphones?

3 years ago

I brought out my boss field recorder to get all the audio of what happens when one tries to make…

Old Dead Phone at the Penn Station 1/2/3.

3 years ago

This beauty lurks at 7th Avenue at 33rd street, downstairs in the Penn Station 1/2/3 station, outside the Sbarro. No…

Those West End Avenue Phone Booths? Their Payphones Don’t Even Work.

3 years ago

If you encounter the West End Avenue phones yourself do not be fooled by the dial tone. Attempts to make…

Payphones at Carnegie Hall

3 years ago

I finally got at the payphones in Carnegie Hall for the first time since pandemic. Carnegie has a vax card…