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Grand Central Terminal Payphones Then and Now

Citizens are now required to keep their cell phones charged, healthy, and in their possession at all times, an unfortunate…

4 years ago

An Astoria Payphone Location, Then and Now

By request, and because I was genuinely preparing to resume this subject, I'm continuing my series of "Payphones Then and…

4 years ago

A Payphone Stramble Through Midtown Last Week

It turns out the great Rockefeller Center payphone is not as reliable as I thought. Recollections of one dirty trick…

4 years ago

West Virginia Payphone Photos By Daniel Hopsicker

Some West Virginia payphone photos shot on black and white film, including a nice old wood phone booth at the…

5 years ago

Payphones of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

A video tour of what's left of payphones in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. At the end of this…

5 years ago

Payphones of Murray Hill & Auburndale, Queens. January 13, 2021

I walked from Flushing all the way up to Bayside via Northern Boulevard, through Murray Hill and Auburndale, encountering only…

5 years ago

Payphone Scene From “American Psycho”

I thought I caught a payphone goof in this short scene from the movie "American Psycho", filmed in 1999. I…

5 years ago

Payphones of Northern Boulevard and Woodside. January, 2021.

Closest thing to dial tone in this series is the infamous stuck key payphone at the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue/Broadway subway…

5 years ago

Ye Olde Payphone at Queensboro Plaza

This phone always worked. I never knew it to be lacking dial tone. I think this and another PTS phone…

5 years ago