Payphones Past

What is CityBridge Doing With My Phone Number?

7 years ago

Phone numbers called through LinkNYC kiosks are being harvested by CityBridge in plain text, and no one in the privacy…

Seizure Time, From LinkNYC’s Smart City

7 years ago

Lots of craptastic Smart City fail on this LinkNYC kiosk. The kiosk's digital advertising billboard freaks out and the mapping…

Looking For Religion In A Payphone

7 years ago

There is more religion on the upper east side and other parts of New York than most people realize. The…

Payphone Caller. June, 2018.

7 years ago

I spotted this dude using a payphone under the roar of an aboveground subway train. The beauty of this is…

Union Square Mandolin Player, Heard Through A Payphone

7 years ago

It's the sound of someone playing what I am reasonably certain is a mandolin, as heard through a Union Square…

LinkNYC’s Real-Time Network Availability Data: Where Is It?

7 years ago

LinkNYC promised real-time network monitoring of its advertising kiosks. So far, it has not delivered.

This Times Square Payphone Still Works

7 years ago

You wouldn't think it from the looks of this old thing but a beaten-up payphone at the Times Square subway…

I Found PRAY, But Not On A Payphone

7 years ago

PRAY spotting might have me working the D train into my commute.

LinkNYC: The Unnamed Road to Porno?

7 years ago

I get why someone might ask LinkNYC where they can find porno. But why would anyone ask LinkNYC where they…

A Child’s First Phone Booth

7 years ago

It is in the middle of a field at a KOA campground. If I read the phone number right it…