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Old Style Wood Phone Booth Sighting. July, 2013.

I spotted this old-style wood phone booth (with a working payphone inside) at an NYC dive bar. This booth has…

12 years ago

Abandoned Payphone: Sports Authority

A close up look at an abandoned payphone once owned by Telaleasing Enterprises, a subsidiary of Davel Communications.

12 years ago

1961: Bird Nesting in a Phone Booth (Bell Telephone Advertisement)

A robin decided to build her nest in the shelter of a public phone booth. To give her peace and…

12 years ago

Wisconsin: Old-Style Phone Booth Spotted at the DOT

A friend of the Payphone Project writes from Madison, Wisconsin, to share photos and comments about an old-style phone booth…

12 years ago

Working Payphones Found in Seattle!

Val Vashon checks in with another dispatch from Seattle. This time the news is good: There are actually a couple…

12 years ago

Phone Books for Phantom Phone Booths

One of the weird vagaries lingering among NYC's numerous abandoned phone booth locations is the fact that telephone directories still…

12 years ago

She was all alone and stranded in a strange city

"Patricia was crying softly. Heavy snow had slowed her bus so that she missed the last connection back to college.…

12 years ago

Rogue Payphone Sighting

You don't see too many rogue payphones in New York. When you do you might want to move on to…

12 years ago