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Phone Booths Return to Times Square

Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi has brought Airlight phone booths to Times Square in Manhattan, bringing a whiff of the 1980s…

8 years ago

Yesterday in Tel Aviv. Photo by David Moore.

David Moore, a long-time contributor to The Payphone Project, spotted this payphone user yesterday in Tel Aviv, Israel, a place…

8 years ago

Action Shot: NYC Payphone User. June 25, 2017.

I spotted this gentleman using a payphone on Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan today. People still use payphones.

8 years ago

Temple City Motel Phone Booth. Photo by Thomas Hawk.

The Temple City Motel in Salt Lake City once had a classic Airlight style phone booth out front. Today it…

8 years ago

Working Payphone. Four Seasons Lodge, New Hampshire.

A photo of a working payphone in North Conway, New Hampshire, led me to see if the Payphone Project's other…

8 years ago

Action Shot: Payphone Customer at the Queens 74th St./Broadway Station

I spotted this woman dropping 50ยข into an NYC subway payphone yesterday. It's true: People still use payphones!

8 years ago

Magnolia Park. Apopka, Florida. Abandoned GTL Payphone.

It's an abandoned and out of order payphone once owned and operated by Global Tel Link, a leader in the…

8 years ago

Who’s the Photographer? Woman Using a Public Phone, NYC, 1970.

This image appears on several web sites, none of which give credit to the photographer. Can anybody identify whose picture…

8 years ago

McDowell County, West Virginia: Working Payphone.

Cell service in the county is so poor that is it easier to plunk a quarter into the payphone than…

8 years ago

Live Girls One Dollar. Shoes and Lotions Where the Payphone Used To Be.

A payphone once stood outside this "LIVE GIRLS ONE DOLLAR" shop in Long Island City.

8 years ago