Payphones Past

Jerry Seinfeld: Pay Phone Standup Routine (1984)

8 years ago

Most folks under the age of 40 would probably have no idea what Jerry Seinfeld is talking about in this…

Minnesotans: Call 507-881-0051, Tell Your Story to the Lanesboro Phone Booth

8 years ago

As part of a storytelling project Lanesboro Arts is launching Saturday, a decommissioned payphone in downtown Lanesboro will play a…

Payphones of Journal Square, Jersey City

8 years ago

The Journal Square section of Jersey City, NJ, had an impressive quantity of working payphones, most of them owned by…

212-477-3063 Revisited

8 years ago

The phone number 212-477-3063 seems to be showing up on a lot of people's CallerID. What is it again?

LinkNYC: Really Beautifying the Neighborhood

8 years ago

Some of New York's LinkNYC kiosks have taken to blasting a sort of visual noise that might drive anyone insane…

LinkNYC Back to Beta?

8 years ago

For about a day it was possible to relive the glory days of accessing smut from the streets of New…

Payphone Locator for Hoboken, New Jersey

8 years ago

A trip to Hoboken turned up a surprising quantity of payphones, including relics of what were once considered the payphone…

Phone Booths of Astoria, 1960s. Steinway Street Near Broadway.

8 years ago

I spotted these beautiful 1960s Manhattan phone booths while clicking through an underappreciated Facebook group called Astoria Beat.

Manhattan’s Last Outdoor Phone Booths: What’s The Deal?

8 years ago

One of the more oddball moves by the CityBridge consortium was its replacement of Manhattan's classic American Airlight style phone…

Phone Booth at Mt. Ponpon in Kyoto, Japan

8 years ago

This phone booth on Mt. Ponpon in Kyoto, Japan, is filled with wasps. From the Sharing Kyoto Twitter page.