Payphones Past

The Payphone at Crabtree Falls State Park. Montebello, VA. Photos by Daniel Hopsicker.

4 years ago

Has anyone even touched the payphone at Crabtree Falls State Park since Daniel Hopsicker took these photos over a month…

Grand Central Payphones, 1988

4 years ago

I picked up three boxes of 35mm slides labeled "NYC Street Scenes 1980s" at a thrift shop. For only five…

Payphone Carcasses of Staten Island

4 years ago

A driving tour of Staten Island's abandoned payphone carcasses turned up way more specimens than expected. My favorite was the…

Do Any of the Payphones in Clifton and Passaic Work? Newtel and the Big Lie.

4 years ago

I had never been to Clifton or Passaic but I had a hunch there'd be a good quantity of old…

NYC Payphone Video Roundup.

4 years ago

Just a few selections from my ongoing collection of New York City payphone videos. I found one dead and done…

Phone Booth Scene From “Witness” (1985)

4 years ago

A website visitor directed me to this phone booth scene from the 1985 film Witness, starring Harrison Ford. Ford is…

Payphone Archæology at Grand Central Terminal

4 years ago

Do any payphones remain in the Grand Central Terminal passages, closed since the pandemic struck? A map of the Terminal…

When Payphones Last Made A1, New York Times

4 years ago

Remembering my AI New York Times appearance. Even my mother was impressed.

Some Phone Booths in Movies

4 years ago

A random but interesting collection of phone booth scenes from some movies I've watched either recently or not-so-recently. "One Night…

Lower Manhattan and Chinatown Payphones Revisited (video)

4 years ago

Chasing down what is left of Lower Manhattan's payphones since I last toured the area in January. Spoiler alert: There…