Payphones Past

Payphone Hiatus (Or Not)

11 years ago

The Payphone Project will be on auto-pilot for the next few weeks (or months) as I re-introduce the “Daily Payphone” feature…

The RFK/Triborough Bridge’s LifeNet Phone: It’s Still Not There.

11 years ago

A few years ago I contacted New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority to inquire about a curious piece of signage…

Mobile Phone Booth, Gallant Eagle 86.

11 years ago

A mobile phone booth is set up at a signal site used by the 86th Signal Battalion during Exercise GALLANT…

Rotary Payphone Customer, 1973.

11 years ago

MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY OF SOUTH BEACH, 06/1973. ARC Identifier 548611 / Local Identifier 412-DA-6124. Item from Record Group…

The Forgotten World of the Payphone Hustler

11 years ago

The days of the "payphone hustler" at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal are long gone, but their memory survives…

Myanmar: Community Payphone Operator

11 years ago

About a decade ago satellite-powered community payphones exploded in popularity throughout Africa. The continent's virtually non-existent civilian landline infrastructure cried…

All Quiet On The Payphone Front

12 years ago

Lack of content updates at The Payphone Project site belie activities going on behind the scenes. A variety of other…

Pay Phone Hidden Inside a Jersey City Business

12 years ago

Val Vashon writes again with this payphone discovery in Jersey City, New Jersey. While walking to the laundromat in Jersey…

Brass Band at Times Square Subway, Heard Through a Payphone

12 years ago

Subway musicians sound different when heard through a payphone. Heck, everything sounds different when heard through the raspy, rugged, monochrome…