Payphones Past

Payphone Pictures & Sounds

“Hang Up”, a Payphone Documentary, Is Public

"Hang Up", the New York City payphone documentary to which I contributed, is now viewable on the public Internet for the…

10 years ago

NYC Nostalgia: 1980s Payphone Caller

A charming photo from the NYC nostalgia blog in which a 1980s payphone user partly obscures a sign for the…

10 years ago

Adele’s “Hello” Video: It’s All About The Phone Booth

Pundits and techies pounced on the appearance of a flip phone in the video for Adele’s latest song “Hello”, calling…

10 years ago

“Hang Up”, a Payphone Documentary, Now Playing at the Brooklyn Historical Society

"Hang Up" Ugo Massa'a payphone documentary to which I contributed last year, is playing at 3pm every Sunday in October…

10 years ago

Another Abandoned Telestone Payphone

A decrepit old payphone stands miserably outside the Crown Motor Inn, an hourly rates motel on Queens Boulevard in Woodside,…

10 years ago

Telkom Indonesia Payphone. Maxime Massa. Summer, 2015.

Yesterday’s “European Payphone Chase” featured photos from film director Ugo Massa and others who have discovered that payphones are hiding…

10 years ago

European Payphone Chase

Anyone who knows me much at all finds themselves afflicted by a strange condition in which they start seeing payphones…

10 years ago

Phone Booth of Mauritania

From the midst of Mitchell Kanashkevich’s stupendous photo essay Mauritania, the Most Amazing Place You’ll Probably Never Visit rises an…

10 years ago

Abandoned Verizon Payphones at 77 Water Street

Phones like this stay in place for years, not even attracting the interest of thieves. An abandoned Verizon payphone (should…

10 years ago