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LinkNYC: The Payphone of the Future Is Here

The "Payphone of the Future" is here: Put your recyclables aside and settle down at your nearest LinkNYC device.

9 years ago

Phone Booths at the Met Breuer Museum

My first thought on hearing that the Met Breuer was taking over the old Whitney building was, naturally enough, “What…

9 years ago

Digital Divide Bridged? LinkNYC Expands to Eighth Avenue.

Links appear to be a breeding ground for the 21st century version of people hanging around by the payphone. New…

9 years ago

There are New Payphones at Penn Station

In this year of 2016 it is surprising to find fresh payphone installations, even in a type of place where…

9 years ago

What Was “Tracekit”?

An abandoned payphone in Queens bears an interesting notice which claims that the phone is marked with something called "Tracekit",…

9 years ago

Payphones at the Masters? Not So Much.

Taken at the Masters Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the photo shows several individuals using what appear to be two…

9 years ago

“Don’t Hang Up”: A Payphone Project BBC Interview Rediscovered

A long time ago, from a payphone not so far away, I did a radio interview completely forgotten to me…

9 years ago

LinkNYC. The Word on the Street: “It’s Amazing!”

The best way to be heard and clearly understood when placing a call through a Link is to yell. That…

9 years ago

(212) 477-3063 Is The New (702) 992-9550

It is illegal to spoof CallerID info “with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongly obtain anything of value.”…

9 years ago

Links Are Here, And People Are Using Them

Despite overblown privacy concerns people really are using these things. If you want to try one yourself it's looking like…

9 years ago