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VIDEO: What Happens When Trying to Make a Call Through CityBridge’s Last “Official” Street Payphones?

I brought out my boss field recorder to get all the audio of what happens when one tries to make…

3 years ago

Something Strange at the Old 718-729-9331

Why would a public pay telephone connect to a recorded message saying my call could not be completed because I…

5 years ago

Queensbridge Payphones: 718-784-8935, 718-729-9638

These back-to-back payphones at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City have some special meaning to me, on account of…

5 years ago

The Last Working Payphone in Central Park is No More

Of about a dozen or so payphones scattered throughout Central Park this one, at the Model Boat Sailing place, was…

6 years ago

Penn Station Payphones Disappearing

Development work at Penn Station has forced removal of about a ½ dozen working payphones. One of these phones was…

6 years ago

Payphone Room at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital

The payphone room at NYU Langone's Tisch Hospital today functions as more of a broom closet than a place to…

6 years ago

Shogo Kubo, Guitarist at Penn Station, Heard Through a Payphone

I picked up a payphone and let it listen to the sweet sounds of Shogo Kubo, whose guitar stylings frequently…

6 years ago

Trumpet Music Heard Through the Broadway/Lafayette Subway Station Payphone

I canvassed the Broadway/Lafayette BDFM and Bleecker Street 6 subway stations for payphones. This is what I saw. This is…

6 years ago

Best Payphone Audio Capture In Months

Live music sounds different when funneled through the crackly, rugged sound world of a landline payphone.

7 years ago