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So about that earthquake …

A couple of weeks ago, prior to the more significant arrival of Hurricane Irene, NYC and other areas experienced a…

14 years ago

Empty Garden

My window screens writhe in their strait jackets. Irene sends her periodic blasts of rain matter across this sleeping city.…

14 years ago

Music by Telephone, 1891

I spotted this charming short story in the December, 1891, issue of "The Etude" magazine. This is not about payphones,…

14 years ago

Sanitary Payphone Wrapper

Here is something any payphone user can appreciate. A sanitary wrapper for a public telephone, thoughtfully placed by a fellow…

14 years ago

The Last Payphone at Trump Tower

Someone should change these signs at the Trump Tower: There are no longer pay telephones (plural) at this building. As…

14 years ago

Manhattan Phone Booths Revisited. May, 2011.

I did not have much time to get these photos, and on account of the time-constraints I found myself nearly…

14 years ago

The High Line’s Phone Booth Art

Checking in as I occasionally do on the last outdoor, free-standing phone booths of Manhattan, I noticed that one of…

14 years ago

Old Bell System Payphone Sign. Shillelagh Tavern.

Old payphone signs have a way of lingering, idling over a spot where a payphone once stood, or outside a…

14 years ago