Payphones Past

D7606 Graf: Marilyn in a Phone Box. Sunnyside, Queens.

9 years ago

Marilyn Monroe inhabits a graffiti British phone box seen on a wall in Sunnyside, Queens.

Vandals To All Who Care: “We Need More Pay Phones”

9 years ago

There is nothing funny about a missing person poster. But I had to laugh when I saw that someone used…

NBC’s I-Team on LinkNYC: Broken Promises

9 years ago

NBC New York's I-Team claims Brooklyn is a "digital desert." Who knew? Journalism at its finest... not.

Norristown, PA

9 years ago

From FLICKR user Mike Morse. https://flic.kr/p/MusacT

Is LinkNYC Coming to Times Square?

9 years ago

The sudden absence of payphones at Times Square suggests that Links are coming. Does the advertising-engulfed Times Square need this?…

Action Shot: Payphone User in Astoria

9 years ago

People still use payphones. I spotted this individual talking on a CityBridge payphone in September, 2016.

CityBridge’s LinkNYC Program Takes a Blow

9 years ago

As a Telebeam lawsuit comes back to haunt CityBridge it may behoove regulators to consider the wisdom of granting a…

LinkNYC Customer Urinating on the Street

9 years ago

I and other Starbucks customers watched yesterday as a LinkNYC customer urinated onto the street. Scenes like this have come…

Sacred Harp Singers, Heard Through a Port Authority Payphone

9 years ago

Listen in on the somber sounds of a Sacred Harp ensemble singing at the Port Authority subway station on the…

A Times Square Payphone’s Unique Memorial

9 years ago

Whoever removed the payphone from this wall at the Times Square subway station seems to have done so with a…