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Boston Pagoda Payphone at Harrison and Kneeland, 2014

The last pagoda payphones in New York's Chinatown disappeared a few years ago, and this payphone enclosure from Boston, at…

5 years ago

K2 Phone Box, Victoria Embankment. Photos by Paul Voller.

Paul Voller, who has occasionally contributed photos to this website for many years, returns with these images of a K2…

5 years ago

There Is, Of Course, a Phone Booth Stuffed With Kegs in Speculator, New York

Phone Booth Full of Kegs. Photo by Daniel Hopsicker. Speculator, NY.

5 years ago

Talking on an Astoria Payphone. March, 2014.

Just a dude in Astoria, Queens, talking on a now-gone payphone.

5 years ago

Boston Payphones, 2014: Dartmouth and Stuart

Outside an Eastern Bank in Boston, these phones' numbers would be (617) 247-1255 and (617) 247-1249, if they still stand…

5 years ago

Continuing my Roundup of Boston Payphones from 2014

These two back-to-back payphones, at 617-338-6433 and 617-338-6548, appear to remain active on Summer Street, near Macy's, in Boston, 5½ years…

5 years ago

Almost Perfect Airlight Phone Booth

Daniel Hopsicker spotted an almost-perfect phone booth with a fully functional payphone at the Eagle Erie Baptist Conference Center off…

5 years ago

(813) 873-9418: A Payphone of Legend

Memories of the first payphone to which I remember ever having regular access. Oh, how I worked this phone at…

5 years ago

Some Payphones Simply Never Go Away

Whoever used to own underdog Payphones left a lot of payphones behind on the sidewalks, but most have finally been…

6 years ago

Little Kid on the Payphone, February 2014

I think this was at the 5th Avenue 7 train subway station.

6 years ago