Payphones Past

Chinatown, NYC: Pagoda Style Phone Booth

12 years ago

I spotted this old favorite a couple of weeks ago. Located on Bayard Street in New York's Chinatown, it is…

Working Payphones Found in Seattle!

12 years ago

Val Vashon checks in with another dispatch from Seattle. This time the news is good: There are actually a couple…

Phone Books for Phantom Phone Booths

12 years ago

One of the weird vagaries lingering among NYC's numerous abandoned phone booth locations is the fact that telephone directories still…

She was all alone and stranded in a strange city

12 years ago

"Patricia was crying softly. Heavy snow had slowed her bus so that she missed the last connection back to college.…

Seattle: This Payphone Is Probably Doomed

12 years ago

Val Vashon writes from Seatlle, Washington, with a brief narrative history of a Qwest/Centurylink payphone that will likely disappear soon.

Fargo, North Dakota

12 years ago

A friend from Fargo, North Dakota, sends in a few current pictures of payphones in that city today.

Rogue Payphone Sighting

12 years ago

You don't see too many rogue payphones in New York. When you do you might want to move on to…

Underdog Communications: The Fine Print

12 years ago

Dialing instructions and other unreadable text matter fine print from a defunct payphone once owned by Underdog Communications .

NYTEL Payphone: The Fine Print

12 years ago

Dialing Instructions and other text matter from an NYTEL payphone, abandoned years ago.

1971: Why the street corner phone is no longer in danger of becoming extinct.

12 years ago

1971 advertisement promoting Western Electric's "armored pay phone".