Payphones Past

This Week’s LinkNYC Observations

7 years ago

Having last written an account of trying to understand LinkNYC’s new bus arrival time feature I now suspect it has…

LinkNYC’s Bus Arrival Time Feature is a Smart City Headache

7 years ago

LinkNYC's bus arrival time screens appear to have been developed by people who do not use use the bus, for…

Abandoned Payphone Across From Port Authority Bus Terminal

7 years ago

This abandoned payphone by the Port Authority Terminal was, by my analysis, owned and operated either by S.A.C. Vending, a…

LinkNYC’s Mapping App: What Have People Been Searching For?

7 years ago

I don't know if this is boring to others but I find it fascinating to see what other LinkNYC users…

Call Mom? Payphone’s Gone. Can’t Call Mom When The Payphone’s Gone!

7 years ago

You can't call mom from this emptied payphone enclosure. But I did use it as a springboard for an opaque…

DITCHED! Payphones are Crumbling – The Vista Press

7 years ago

Hear, hear:  Alex Hughes — April  2018… If there are going to be physical payphones then they should be in working…

Remembering the KILL Payphone

7 years ago

A picture I posted to sorabji.com in December, 2002, of a payphone covered with one vandal's attempt to capture the…

LinkNYC’s Bugged-Out Mapping App Saves Your Searches… Sometimes

7 years ago

People look at me using LinkNYC kiosks and I know what they are thinking: He's poor. He's homeless. He's a…

What Does a Payphone Call Sound Like?

7 years ago

My voice sounds mighty different through this payphone when compared to being captured by decent audio gear. Listen in.

Greeley Square Payphone

7 years ago

Red white and black graf on a Greeley Square payphone