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Payphone of the East River, 11 Years Later

When I spotted this disembodied payphone component in the East River last week I immediately recognized it as the remains…

11 years ago

Serial Podcast: The Mysterious Best Buy Payphone

This post from Nov. 7 was updated Nov. 23, 2014, for clarity, and to make a handful of new observations.…

11 years ago

Vintage Chronographs and Payphones

What was the connection between chronographs and payphones? Find out at WristTimes.com.

11 years ago

Pay Phone Hidden Inside a Jersey City Business

Val Vashon writes again with this payphone discovery in Jersey City, New Jersey. While walking to the laundromat in Jersey…

11 years ago

Surrender This Envelope To Get A $10 Rate

Manhattan payphones are being vandalized with stickers bearing a seemingly mysterious message. What does it mean?

12 years ago

“left to twirl a gap-toothed dial in some phone-booth”

"left to twirl a gap-toothed dial in some phone-booth". From "Postscriptum", by Joseph Brodsky.

12 years ago

“Squeeze-Play Craze” Reaches Nebraska – April, 1959

The "Squeeze-Play" was the phone-booth-stuffing fad of the 1950s, made most famous by Life Magazine photographer Joe Munroe's iconic image.…

12 years ago

Phreaking the Telebeam. October, 2013.

Youngsters catching up on their obsolete hack0r skillz

12 years ago

Disappeared Phone Booths

I was surprised to find that this video contains a shoutout to the Payphone Project. Who knew? Look for it…

12 years ago