Payphones Past

*81: This is µ-Law, a Fun Payphone Call For Only a Nickel

6 years ago

A nickel and an incremental hunch led me to what might be the most entertainment you can get in New…

LinkNYC’s Wrinkle In Time

6 years ago

LinkNYC kiosks stepped back in time yesterday, showing headlines and emergency alerts from late December of last year. Seriously, how…

I Needed a Payphone

6 years ago

A few weeks ago I needed a pay phone. Really, I did. I had to call somebody without all of…

LinkNYC’s News You Can’t Use

6 years ago

What to make of the AP's decapitated headlines showing up on LinkNYC's screens? Not much of any real use.

What Was TELVAST?

6 years ago

I never heard of TELVAST until its name surfaced on a Queens Boulevard payphone. I found no trace of the…

Four Star Diner in Union City: Abandoned Verizon Payphone

6 years ago

My visit to the Four Star Diner started with an abandoned Verizon payphone. It ended with me asking if I…

Baba Laknath Laundromat Payphone in Elmhurst

6 years ago

This abandoned phone at an Elmhurst laundromat offered no clue as to its previous owner.

Another One Down, Maybe Three

6 years ago

One more payphone in my area disappeared with no LinkNYC replacement. A similar fate seems to have befallen a pair…

Why LinkNYC Installations Stopped Last Year, and Other Sexy Topics

6 years ago

It turns out CityBridge had good reason to pause its breakneck pace of installing LinkNYC kiosks last year. But what…

Carousel Payphone

6 years ago

Video of a dead payphone next to the Carousel at Central Park. Ludicrous, right?