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Some Payphone Ramblings From Quarantine

I waded through over 700 of my payphone pictures, using them as a writing prompt and to talk about what…

5 years ago

Forest Hills/71st Avenue Subway Payphone: 718-520-9702

Payphones in NYC's subway system are not facing removal to make way for LinkNYC kiosks, though they have disappeared in…

5 years ago

Barricade the Payphones to Stop Corona Virus

Simple solution. Seen on Madison Avenue today.

5 years ago

LinkNYC: Iron Rain?

LinkNYC's AP headlines often provide little information but plenty of bewilderment to its public. I saw this and was like,…

5 years ago

Queensbridge Payphones: 718-784-8935, 718-729-9638

These back-to-back payphones at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City have some special meaning to me, on account of…

5 years ago

Benner-Nawman’s BN800 Vanguard Egg-Shaped Enclosure, by Daniel Hopsicker

I spotted this once-popular model of payphone enclosure in Nebraska, Brooklyn, the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, and even in the…

5 years ago

718-624-9288, Jay Street-MetroTech Subway Station in Brooklyn. It Works.

I unexpectedly found a working payphone at a Brooklyn subway station today.

5 years ago

Abandoned Payphone Stand in Brownsville, Brooklyn

What could a BMW dealership on Long Island possibly have to do with the ghost of a payphone in Brownsville,…

5 years ago

Phone Booth at the Great Valley Motel in Wellsboro, PA

A few photos of a single phone booth in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, by Daniel Hopsicker.

5 years ago