Payphones Past

The SEX Payphones of 42nd Street are Finally Gone

3 years ago

CityBridge, the same consortium responsible for LinkNYC and Link5G, let this filthy payphone totem, reeking of piss/shit/I don't want to…

The New Link5G LinkNYC Skyscrapers Close-Up [Video]

3 years ago

The Intersection/Google/CityBridge Smart City monopoly continues to fail up. The future of public communications, the next evolution of the payphone,…

Phone Booths of the New Jersey Turnpike. October, 2005.

3 years ago

Thanks solely to the Simon & Garfunkel song "America" I long maintained a romanticized notion of the New Jersey Turnpike,…

77 Water Payphone Carousel Revisited (VIDEO)

3 years ago

I would swear I found PRAY on one of these payphones some years ago. Finding any photos I captured of…

Peter Skiera Reviews Payphone Radio at RecommendedStations.com

3 years ago

Redittors have not been the only people talking about Payphone Radio. Peter Skiera christened his new blog with a lengthy…

Faith on Fear: An eBay Payphone Connection to a Church in Wisconsin

3 years ago

I found myself watching a church sermon today, live streamed on Facebook from the Faith Church on Fear Street in…

VIDEO: When a PBX Glitch Landed Me a Hot Date With a Burlesque Stripper

3 years ago

About a month ago a Reddit user posted the phone number that connects to my Payphone Radio (212-255-2748). The Reddit thread…

The Old Payphone Graveyard in Astoria. January, 2003.

4 years ago

In this lot today you also might find air machines, countertop video games, internet-connected jukeboxes, tchotchke dispensers, claw machines, change-makers,…

Hack the Planet? Nah. This TTY Slid Right Open.

4 years ago

https://youtu.be/v4pFEeU0dGI I could lie and say I hacked the planet getting this grubby old payphone TTY to open. Really, the…

Almost Heaven… West Virginia is Teeming With Working Payphones

4 years ago

A series of photos, shot this month on hand-rolled Arista 400 B&W film, by Daniel Hopsicker in Charleston, West Virginia.…