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Wellington Phone Box Bombed

Blakamin writes:"I saw this box being checked out by the police and surrounded with crime scene tape on saturday"A story…

16 years ago

Rockefeller Center Phone Booths

Here is a picture I took in March, 2007, from inside one of the phone booths in the basement of…

16 years ago

New Jersey Turnpike Phone Booths

This is a really cool then-and-now sequence of pictures showing a set of phone booths on the New Jersey Turnpike.…

16 years ago

Old Bell Seal Sign

Here is something I have not seen in a long time. In fact I don't think I have ever seen…

16 years ago

A Subway Payphone, 9½ Years Later

This before-and-after sequence spans 9½ years, and shows a payphone at the 36th Avenue/Washington Avenue subway station in Astoria. The…

16 years ago

Winter Garden Payphones

Of the three payphones seen in these photos from August 19, 2000 two survive today but only one still works.…

16 years ago

Payphones at Krash, Now Called Riviera

This picture from March, 2000, shows two payphones outside the Krash Dance Club in Astoria. Krash was a popular gay…

16 years ago

Remains of an UnderDog Payphone

A battered and bedraggled payphone is not a pretty sight. Insult adds to injury when the commercial face of a…

16 years ago

Vestiges of Payphone Brands Past

Last year at about this time I commented on a New York Times blog entry that called out a "Phantom…

16 years ago

Telebeam: Off the Hook and Off the Grid

Telebeam payphones are disappearing from the sidewalks of New York at a rapid clip. In recent days this Telebeam payphone…

16 years ago