Payphones Past

Payphone Confidential

Rockefeller Center Phone Booths

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

15 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

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

Brooklyn Phone Booths

My friend Rachel directed me to these beautiful old phone booths at the Brooklyn Public Library. The lights are out…

16 years ago

Payphone Confidential: Rotary Dial Payphone, NYC, 2009

This grainy photo, taken with a Treo cell phone camera, shows a real rarity. This is a fully functional rotary…

16 years ago

Uganda: Phone Operator Disconnects Client

"There was drama in Nateete recently..."This all-too-short story reads like a screenplay-in-waiting. From this story, it sounds as if a…

18 years ago

When a serial murderer calls… from a payphone

Here is an interesting story about one reporter's involvement in the infamous Zodiac serial murderer case. In September, 1969, the…

19 years ago

Calling cards dropping their anonymous shield?

For many years, one of the most frequently visited sections of The Payphone Project has been the pages explaining what…

19 years ago

Payphone Warriors: A New York City Street Game

From the maybe-you-had-to-be-there department: "In 'Payphone Warriors,' teams of four players spread out from Manhattan's Washington Square park in a…

19 years ago

(707) 964-9760 — No Incoming Calls

A friend writes to share this story of the Headlands payphone in Fort Bragg, California: "... the Headlands payphone is…

19 years ago