Carousel Payphone
Video of a dead payphone next to the Carousel at Central Park. Ludicrous, right?
Abandoned Verizon Paypone at Pasiones Sports Bar in Woodside
An abandoned Verizon payphone at a Woodside bar illustrates what a sorry job the telco giant did in cleaning up after itself upon exiting the business. Countless quantities of Verizon's dead payphones lurk in places like Pasiones Bar.
Grand Central Terminal: Payphones Gone
Most of Grand Central Terminal's payphones were routed last year. Take a tour of how they looked, pick up some payphone trivia that might be new to you, and learn where you can find the last surviving payphones at Grand Central.
No-Name Payphone at a No-Name Laundromat
I found an abandoned "Smart" pay telephone hiding inside a laundromat on Corona Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens.
Payphone at the Check Cashing Place
It's an abandoned payphone at an abandoned check-cashing center at non-abandoned Queensboro Plaza.
Freedom Is Infinite Faith In Your Abilities
Sometimes inspirational graffiti makes sense. Not this time. Not to me at least.
It’s a NewTel Payphone in Union City, New Jersey. No, It Didn’t Work.
A quick tour of a NewTel payphone on Kennedy Boulevard in Union City, NJ.
How Not To Remove A Payphone
A payphone removal is supposed to be a pretty tidy affair. This was not that. A jagged eyesore where a payphone used to stand seems to invite calamity.
I Left a Quarter on a Payphone’s Tongue
Just another payphone picture.
Payphone Graffiti: “This Is My Mistake”
No comment, really. Just wanted to share a piece of payphone graffiti with a message that reached out to me.
When Photos From This Website Turned Up At A Chicago Subway Station
I never figured out who was responsible for this strangely brazen use of photos from this website for a public art piece in Chicago. But the kismet about its existence and the random connections it made were for the ages.
Next Frontier For Finding Dead Payphones: Laundromats.
Some dead/abandoned payphones I spotted at Queens laundromats last week.
Almost Immaculate Old Phone Booth In Astoria
On a tip from a friend I found what is probably the most immaculate old phone booth to be found anywhere in Astoria, Queens.
West End Avenue Phone Booths: Now There Are Only Three.
This week I had a chance to check in again the the Canadian-style phone booths CityBridge used to replace authentic American Airlight models on West End Avenue a couple of years ago. One booth is gone, and only one allows the promised free phone calls within the 5 boroughs.
Payphone Caller. June, 2018.
I spotted this dude using a payphone under the roar of an aboveground subway train. The beauty of this is that the payphone handset and enclosure muffle the noise, something the LinkNYC "payphone of the future" is incapable of.
This Times Square Payphone Still Works
You wouldn't think it from the looks of this old thing but a beaten-up payphone at the Times Square subway station actually works. I used it to make a one-way call. Listen in.
A Child’s First Phone Booth
It is in the middle of a field at a KOA campground. If I read the phone number right it appears to be in Pueblo, Colorado. But the more important question is: Does the phone work? Watch and listen to find out.
Payphone Spotting In Iran
My friend, film maker Ugo Massa, spotted a couple of payphones while exploring Isfahan city and Yazd, Iran.
My buddy MAX is in charge of guarding what is left of New York City’s payphones
My buddy MAX is now in charge of guarding New York City's payphones. https://t.co/WhNSFCalza pic.twitter.com/0290AHyQBq — Payphone Project (@payphonenews) May 4, 2018
Abandoned Payphone Across From Port Authority Bus Terminal
This abandoned payphone by the Port Authority Terminal was, by my analysis, owned and operated either by S.A.C. Vending, a now-defunct payphone service provider from Ozone Park, Queens, or else by Comet Communications, also defunct.
Call Mom? Payphone’s Gone. Can’t Call Mom When The Payphone’s Gone!
You can't call mom from this emptied payphone enclosure. But I did use it as a springboard for an opaque update of sorts on what I'm doing around here these days.
Remembering the KILL Payphone
A picture I posted to sorabji.com in December, 2002, of a payphone covered with one vandal's attempt to capture the zeitgeist of the post-9/11 era.
Greeley Square Payphone
Red white and black graf on a Greeley Square payphone
Payphone At The End Of The R, Starring 1-800-MAX-SAVE
An abandoned Verizon payphone in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, leads to a somewhat interesting tale of the alleged theft of a toll-free number used by a suicide prevention and counseling ministry.
He’s Still Listening … Tim Perdue
Echoes of "This Phone is Tapped" inform this pair of then-and-now photos from Flickr photographer Tim Perdue.
Laidric Stevenson – Night Call
Payphones around Texas. What’s left of them, that is. Photos by Laidric Stevenson. Find lots more Texas payphone photos at Laidric Stevenson – Night Call
Payphoneless Enclosure Lurks Near Headless Mannequins
I saw this abandoned payphone enclosure on 41st and Baxter Avenues in Elmhurst and thought it looked like the empty enclosure was waiting to pounce on the headless mannequins idling around the corner. No such melee ensued.
Payphone Gone
Payphones are not dead yet. Here is a shot of the innards of a payphone enclosure minus the payphone, graffiti artistically swirled around what I interpret as eyes and a gasping mouth of a communications portal removed.