Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

Sacred Harp Singers, Heard Through a Port Authority Payphone

Listen in on the somber sounds of a Sacred Harp ensemble singing at the Port Authority subway station on the…

9 years ago

Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.

This pair of abandoned payphones outside a Woodside car wash were owned by NYTEL, a company that made most of…

9 years ago

Penn Station Musician Heard Through a Nearby Payphone

Any endeavor which depends on the reliability of the public telephone is imperiled from the start. I was glad to…

9 years ago

Grand Central Subway Station – No Working Payphones

There are only two payphones left on the upper level of the Grand Central subway station. Neither one works.

9 years ago

Grupo Wayne. Music of the Andes. NYC Subway Buskers Heard Through a Nearby Payphone.

This one starts out a little rough but ends up being among the best quality recordings I've gotten of musicians…

9 years ago

A Mile of Sound: 20 LinkNYC VOIP Phones Heard All At Once

Up to twenty VOIP phones along a Manhattan Avenue were connected one by one, creating a snapshot of sound comprising…

9 years ago

Pay Phone Strangulation is Real. Very Real.

Talk about phone booth fighting. This Associated Press story from 1984 makes a common payphone sound like a savage murderer.

9 years ago

Was There Ever a Payphone On Nicasio Reservoir?

For 50 years the Benner-Nawman company made phone booths and payphone gear they said "may take a mauling but you…

9 years ago

Regards from Telenor, the Norwegian Phone Company

Nortel, the largest phone company in Norway, has preserved about 100 of its classic red phone boxes. There used to…

9 years ago