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 of Route 501, northwest of Lynchburg, VA.
(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 my high school. This is a rewrite of a story I wrote a long time 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 removed. Not this one.
Little Kid on the Payphone, February 2014
I think this was at the 5th Avenue 7 train subway station.
There Really Did Used To Be Payphones All Over The Place
As recently as 2009 you could find public pay telephones at almost every street corner and intersection in New York. These photos are all from one single day in November, 2009.
Brookville Telephone: Mannequin in a Phone Booth on Route 6 in Pennsylvania
Just an unusual and intriguing photo of a mannequin holding the handset of a rotary dial payphone, spotted by Daniel Hopsicker on Route 6 in Pennsylvania.
Payphone Knot
Just a picture of a payphone cord tied up in an OCD-fueled knot.
Long-Dead Payphone at the Crown Motel, née Crown Motor Inn, Queens Boulevard
Close-ups of a long-dead payphone outside a notorious hourly-rates motel on Queens Boulevard.
36th Avenue/Washington Avenue in Astoria, ~1997, Maybe Later
Just a picture of a credit-card-only phone at the 36th Avenue/Washington Avenue train station in Astoria, circa 1997, maybe later.
New York Payphone and Phone Booth Photos by Daniel Hopsicker
Select payphone and phone booth photos from Daniel Hopsicker's travels through New York State.
Craaaazy Payphone. January, 2007.
Rummaging through digital detritus on my 12TB RAID turned up this photo of an arted-up payphone at Queens Plaza in January, 2007. Anyone know the artist?
China Telecom Multimedia Telephone
China Telecom's Multimedia Telephone includes something notably absent from LinkNYC kiosks: A telephone handset.
Boston Common Payphones, July 2014
My quest continues to find payphones of Boston from 2014 that still work today in 2020. No such luck today. The 5 payphones in a row at Boston Common all appear gone.
Boston Payphones, 2014
Boston payphone pictures from 2014. All the phones in set seem to be gone but other in Boston survive. I will try and post my 2014 photos of those.
(718) 520-9592. Queens Boulevard and 64th Road.
One of the few remaining outdoor NYC payphones where the ANI check matches the number printed on the phone. (718) 520-9592.
“Do You Need a Phone?”
An elderly woman last week saw me at a payphone and asked if I needed a phone. Why do I make so many payphone calls?
Upstate New York Payphone Photos by Daniel Hopsicker
New York photos from a photographer who shares the same fascination with payphones and phone booths as I.
Grand Central’s Last Working Payphone is Gone
When a place like Grand Central Terminal gets rid of it last lowest common denominator resource for something so fundamental as making a phone call it feels like something has turned, once and for all, in the world of public communications.
The Last Working Payphone in Central Park is No More
Of about a dozen or so payphones scattered throughout Central Park this one, at the Model Boat Sailing place, was the last one that worked.
Payphones of Roanoke, Virginia, by Daniel Hopsicker
Daniel Hopsicker has been taking pictures of payphones for a long time. Now he's sharing some of his work with The Payphone Project.
Beautiful Phone Booth at Onderdonk & Brothers, Ridgewood
Something really does ignite in me when I encounter old wood phone booths like this one in Ridgewood, Queens.
Rogue Payphone Going, Going, Gone.
The far end of the parking lot at an abandoned Sports Authority in Long Island City was, truth be told, a really cool place to make a phone call.
Today’s Payphone Tableau. Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, Queens.
An air conditioner. A football club. A bag of garbage. A green bucket. Oh, and a couple of working payphones in Corona, Queens.
Strangled and Strangulated Payphone in Elmhurst, Queens
No words. Just some pictures of a strangled and strangulated payphone in Elmhurst, Queens. How does a payphone handset get to look like this?
Phone Booth at… The Dermatologist’s Office?
I found an authentic old phone booth in the most obvious place imaginable: A dermatologist's office in Long Island City, Queens.
Found a Few Payphones in Kensington, Brooklyn
I did some payphone hunting in Kensington, Brooklyn, after visiting the Morbid Anatomy exhibit at Green-Wood Cemetery.
1977. Kodachrome Slide. Phone Booths at Central Park West.
Simply love this photo from 1977, and not just on account of the phone booths. It is said to be "found" at an estate sale but it looks possibly posed/orchestrated to me. Who cares... It's all good.
Abandoned Payphone at a Jackson Heights C-Town
The moment I stepped into this grocery store I had a strong feeling there would be an old, abandoned payphone within. I was right.