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Rockefeller Center’s “Communications” Portal, Then and Now.

Unlike most phones from my "Payphones Then and Now" series I found one that not only physically survives in this…

4 years ago

The Payphones at St. John Cemetery in Middle Village: Do They Work?

Of the three PTS phones at St. John Cemetery in Middle Village one of them wants to work but the…

4 years ago

Flushing Payphone Restored To Service. Thanks, PTS! (Video)

PTS, the nation's largest payphone service provider, is keeping the dial tone humming, at least at the Flushing Main Street…

4 years ago

A Best Buy Payphone, Then and Now. No, Not *That* Best Buy Payphone.

Where is he now? This payphone user, that is. Probably talking on a cell phone. I never see anyone use…

4 years ago

Steinway Street at 34th Avenue: Another Payphone Gone

All I remember about this one was that it had a Bell South logo on it. Bell South was the…

4 years ago

Video: An Upper West Side and Midtown Payphone and Phone Booth Stramble

How is CityBridge doing on delivering free local phone calls from its Upper West Side phone booths? And what of…

4 years ago

Payphones of Yore at Steinway Street Near 31st Avenue

Some things changed, others did not at this Astoria intersection. One thing altogether gone is the set of three payphones,…

4 years ago

Mounting Backplate Where a Payphone Used To Be

This mounting backplate, which once held a payphone at a Queens laundromat, is still available for purchase at payphone.com. $23.…

4 years ago

Dude Talking on a Midtown Payphone

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4 years ago

A Payphone Gem From Getty Images

A brief window into New York's payphone past in a 1-minute piece about a 30-second payphone at Penn Station. At…

4 years ago