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Five in a Row Taken Out on Junction Boulevard at 59th Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens

New York's payphone apocalypse continues, with five phones in a row taken out on Junction Boulevard at 59th Avenue in…

5 years ago

New York’s Payphone Apocalypse is Nigh

I would not know what rationale informs the decision to take out a particular phone, or if a coherent rationale…

5 years ago

Titjikala Payphone

Only payphone I've seen with a water spigot attachment. From Australia's North Territory, @Chris Allan Photography.

5 years ago

Daniel Hopsicker: K-Mart Payphone in Conway, South Carolina

Most likely gone by now, this phone was owned by Frontier Communications, probably the largest of the historically established telcos…

5 years ago

Dude Talking On One Of Penn Station’s 14 Remaining Payphones

Penn Station may, at this point, have the highest number of working payphones under one roof in New York City.…

5 years ago

PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan lost some of its religion during the pandemic, and not just because of church closures. Two of Manhattan's…

5 years ago

Payphone Down in Astoria

It will be interesting to see if this phone, which either got struck by a vehicle or had too much…

5 years ago

Sybil Gooley: NJ Botanical Garden, Ringwood, NJ

A beauty among beauty, at Ringwood, NJ, this week. https://www.facebook.com/PayphoneProject/posts/1450532201800745

5 years ago

Maine’s Public Interest Payphones

Take a tour of Maine's Public Interest Payphones, deployed at locations throughout the state in the interest of public safety.

5 years ago

Payphone Gone. 31st Street and 38th Avenue in Astoria.

An amazing thing about these payphone enclosures is how successfully they cancel out the noise of the above-ground subway, allowing…

5 years ago