Payphones Past

Phone Booth, San Juan National Forest, Colorado

8 years ago

This week I'll be sharing some of the payphone and phone booth photos sent to the Payphone Project from around…

This Kid Probably Has No Idea His Payphone Is Going Away

8 years ago

Thanks to all who reached out to me after my brief spot on CBS Sunday Morning. The correspondences have been…

The Payphone Project on “CBS Sunday Morning”

8 years ago

The Payphone Project get about a minute of air time on CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. Reviews all seem…

Living on the LinkNYC (It’s BETA!)

8 years ago

He was absolutely screaming into the LinkNYC free phone. The person he was talking to screamed back. Both sides of…

LinkNYC Coming To Astoria?

8 years ago

These orange pylons and tangled metal bars seem to suggest that LinkNYC will soon rise up in Astoria, Queens, replacing…

The “Rolls Royce” of Payphones, the Standard Electrica ITT, *Was* Up For Grabs on eBay

8 years ago

The "Rolls Royce of payphones (~1986) can now be yours at what looks like a damn good price. The Standard…

London, 1975: Phone Booths at Tube Station

8 years ago

Photo from the London underground, 1975. Man using one of three phone booths in the London tube. From Flickr photographer…

Rogue Payphone Sighting

8 years ago

From 100 feet away I saw something almost unbelievable: A newly installed clamshell payphone, absent any advertising panels. This is…

StreetMessages.com: The Domain Name That Got Away

8 years ago

An abandoned payphone outside the abandoned headquarters for StreetMessages.com provided an amusing antidote to a fresh appearance of that defunct…

Rare Sighting: Payphone Repairman

8 years ago

I spotted something rare. A public pay telephone repairman at work, keeping New York City's payphones safe and sanitary.