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The “WE NEED MORE PAY PHONES” Vandal(s) Never Stop(s)

Whatever I might think of the means I have to respect the determination and hand-crafted work of whoever keeps placing…

6 years ago

Rogue-Looking Payphone in a Sketchy Part of Town

With its placards missing I thought this payphone had gone rogue. But despite its sketchy appearance it appears this phone…

6 years ago

Payphone Room at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital

The payphone room at NYU Langone's Tisch Hospital today functions as more of a broom closet than a place to…

6 years ago

A Cristol-Tel Payphone at the Silver Star Restaurant

According to Payphone Project data there used to be 2 payphones at this Manhattan restaurant. One phone remains, in non-working…

6 years ago

Payphones at the Union Square Job Center

Conducting a guided tour of payphones around Union Square was not exactly in my comfort zone. But I did it…

6 years ago

Three Working Payphones at the Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn

Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn retains three working payphones, down from the dozens upon dozens that formerly inhabited the place.

6 years ago

Dude Using My Payphone at Grand Central Today

100% of Grand Central Terminal's payphones work. Hooray for the brave old world. Unfortunately for me this dude happened to…

6 years ago

Steppingstone Park Phone Booth

I made a small pilgrimage out to Great Neck, Long Island on Saturday, to check in on the phone booth…

6 years ago

The MTA Probably Does Not Want Phreaky Types Seeing Stuff Like This.

Some of the MTA's Intersection-produced "On the Go Travel Station's this weekend and into Monday displayed a tantalizing bottom window…

6 years ago

What To Do With a Two-Heads-Missing Print of Jim Munroe’s 1959 Phone Booth Stuffing Photo?

I own a two-heads-missing print of Jim Munroe's famous phone booth stuffing photo from 1959. My friend Chad Dickerson and…

6 years ago