Payphones Past

Faded and Fried in Potter County, Pennsylvania

8 years ago

Angela Lutz, who follows the Payphone Project Facebook page, shared these photos of a miserable looking specimen of payphone from…

Is it Possible to Call Payphones in New York City and Talk to Whoever Answers?

8 years ago

A follower of the Payphone Project’s Facebook page wrote to ask a question I don’t think I’ve heard in a…

Strange Beeps From Rockefeller Center’s Last Payphone

8 years ago

Strange beeps coming from a Rockefeller Center payphone might have some meaning, or they might not. Anyone with knowledge of…

Zong Li Lu: Single String Lute Music Heard Through a Payphone

8 years ago

The somewhat harsh timbre of the single string lute seems to suit the scratchy, monochrome texture of the landline telephone.

NYC Payphone Customer

8 years ago

A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.

Grove, Oklahoma. Phone Booth Sans Payphone. Photo by Brien Engel.

8 years ago

It's a photo from Brien Engel of an abandoned phone booth in Grove, Oklahoma. Hello?

Someone Went Payphone Handset Hunting For Easter

8 years ago

It looked to me as if someone had been hunting for payphone handsets instead of eggs on this past Easter…

Montreal: A Fine Use For A Payphone

8 years ago

Bob Parent, from Montreal, sends this funny picture illustrating how payphones today are sometimes used for everything and anything except…

Lonely Old Phone Booth on Yankee Pier, Governors Island

8 years ago

Seen on Yankee Pier off the east side of Governors Island is, for whatever the distinction might be worth, probably…

New York City: Payphone in a Toilet

8 years ago

Ron Dunn, a new follower of the Payphone Project Facebook Page, yesterday offered up this Pulitzer-worthy shot of a New…