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An Astoria Payphone Near the Library: Gone

This payphone outside a library reminds me that I believe public libraries should have public telephone rooms where anyone could…

4 years ago

Payphone Gone From El Gallito Grocery in Astoria

A brief look at the life and times of a 33rd Street TCC Teleplex payphone in Astoria. I don't remember…

4 years ago

A Walgreen’s Payphone, 1999, Then and Now

One of my favorite payphone photos I ever got. A young woman takes a break from her job at Walgreen's…

4 years ago

Grand Central Terminal Payphones Then and Now

Citizens are now required to keep their cell phones charged, healthy, and in their possession at all times, an unfortunate…

4 years ago

An Astoria Payphone Location, Then and Now

By request, and because I was genuinely preparing to resume this subject, I'm continuing my series of "Payphones Then and…

4 years ago

A Payphone Stramble Through Midtown Last Week

It turns out the great Rockefeller Center payphone is not as reliable as I thought. Recollections of one dirty trick…

4 years ago

Payphone Radio Revisited

I finally tackled the tedious but satisfying task of editing and processing over 1600 payphone calls I made from 2011…

4 years ago

Payphones of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

A video tour of what's left of payphones in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. At the end of this…

5 years ago

Payphones of Northern Boulevard and Woodside. January, 2021.

Closest thing to dial tone in this series is the infamous stuck key payphone at the 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue/Broadway subway…

5 years ago

Dude Tried to Make a Payphone Call

This incident proves, yet again, that people still need payphones, and would use them if they worked. New York is…

5 years ago