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The Linksters Are Coming

Links, expected to replace most of New York City's outdoor payphones, are rising fast on Third Avenue and Eighth Avenue…

9 years ago

Link.NYC’s Free Phone Calls: You Get What You Pay For

I have used CityBridge’s Link devices a number of times since they went into active service a few weeks ago.…

9 years ago

Midtown’s British-Style Phone Box

It would be surprising if no one thought to find a home for this British style red phone box located…

9 years ago

Link.NYC: Putting Links Through Their Paces.

It seems inevitable that telephonic conspirators will use Links as back doors into public space, turning them into platforms for…

9 years ago

New York Public Telephones: There’s Nothing More New York

Once in a while in my research a charming cultural relic surfaces, such as this peppy New York Telephone commercial…

10 years ago

Donald Trump: Fix Your Payphone

This payphone was at the center of what was (to me, at least) a very amusing incident which occurred during…

10 years ago

Rogue Payphone Sighting in Brooklyn

Rogue payphone sightings in New York have become quite rare. I spotted this on in Brooklyn a few weeks ago.

10 years ago

A Streetview Tour of Houston’s Many Payphones

Houston, Texas, boasts the nation's 2nd largest payphone population. A StreetView tour shows areas where they can be found every…

10 years ago

Shroud of a Link: Citybridge Meets Its Deadline. Sort Of.

This mysteriously shrouded rectangle is all we get to see for now of the first Links, the free WiFi hotspots…

10 years ago

The Bronx Zoo Goes Payphone Free

Signs throughout the Bronx Zoo promise its visitors public telephones in a number of locations. Lies, all of them. There are no…

10 years ago