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Payphone Gone: Broadway in Astoria

It's another payphone that once was, that is gone gone gone. This is a former payphone. This is a NON-PAYPHONE.…

14 years ago

Payphones Gone: Soloman Liquors

These Verizon payphones seldom if ever worked, but this did not stop people from sidling up to one of the…

14 years ago

Sacramento: Payphones a Thing of the Past?

The Sacramento Press has an elegiac photo essay of payphones in Sacramento. Some are abandoned, some are in use. Some…

14 years ago

Payphone Scammer Gets 3 Month Prison Sentence

It looks like Nicolaos Kantartzis will be using a payphone for the next few months. A PRISON payphone. The Huffington…

14 years ago

The Greatest Payphone Songs of All Time

Is it Jim Croce's "Operator"? Is it ELO's "Telephone Line"? Is it a song you might not have considered? What…

14 years ago

Coalition to FCC: We Need a Payphone Bailout

"The National Consumers League and Consumer Action believe that payphones continue to play an important role in providing a needed…

14 years ago

Payphone Gone, But Not Forgotten: 21st Street, Outside Bel Aire Diner

This payphone seemed to draw the attentions of people who had no intention of using the phone. There is a…

14 years ago

The Abandoned Yellow Payphone at the Abandoned Yellow Building

Sometimes, when I look payphones that have been abandoned or disemboweled, I see a mouth, and eyes, as if something…

14 years ago

St. Louis: Pay Phones Fade

Short piece from StLToday.com includes a rare photo essay of a payphone repairman on the job.

14 years ago