Payphones Past

Then and Now

Payphone Gone: Broadway in Astoria

It's another payphone that once was, that is gone gone gone. This is a former payphone. This is a NON-PAYPHONE.…

14 years ago

Payphones Gone: Soloman Liquors

These Verizon payphones seldom if ever worked, but this did not stop people from sidling up to one of the…

14 years ago

Payphone Gone, But Not Forgotten: 21st Street, Outside Bel Aire Diner

This payphone seemed to draw the attentions of people who had no intention of using the phone. There is a…

14 years ago

The Abandoned Yellow Payphone at the Abandoned Yellow Building

Sometimes, when I look payphones that have been abandoned or disemboweled, I see a mouth, and eyes, as if something…

14 years ago

Poof Goes the COCOT

Long since removed, I passed by this payphone location today. I was both chagrined and amused to see the word…

14 years ago

Outside the Empire State Building: Payphone Gone

The Empire State Building has no public telephones.

14 years ago

Cemetery Payphone, R.I.P.

For years this payphone was, like everything around it, dead.

14 years ago

The Last Payphone at Trump Tower

Someone should change these signs at the Trump Tower: There are no longer pay telephones (plural) at this building. As…

14 years ago

Blackout Payphone. Going, going…

The days of the Blackout Payphone appear to be nearing an end, if they are not finished already. Its dial…

14 years ago

Payphone Gone

Many a time these days an individual in search of a payphone is fooled by the meaningless beacon of the…

14 years ago