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PRAY

Stories about the legendary scratchiti artist PRAY

PRAY-Spotting in the Movies.

Thanks to Diggy64 in the comments section of 2020's article "PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan" we now know that work…

3 years ago

77 Water Payphone Carousel Revisited (VIDEO)

I would swear I found PRAY on one of these payphones some years ago. Finding any photos I captured of…

3 years ago

Video: Astoria’s Last PRAYphones Finally Gone.

A payphone that actually still got usage until its dial tone dropped has finally been removed from Steinway Street in…

4 years ago

Telephonic Ephemera from “Serpico”: TRafalgar-6 and LExington-5

Last night's hunt for PRAY in the 1973 film "Serpico" turned up an unexpected bit of telephonic trivia. A van…

5 years ago

PRAYphones Gone From Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan lost some of its religion during the pandemic, and not just because of church closures. Two of Manhattan's…

5 years ago

PRAY at Beyond the Streets

It may not have been authentic PRAY, but I appreciated seeing one of my all-time New York City heroes get…

6 years ago

Looking For Religion In A Payphone

There is more religion on the upper east side and other parts of New York than most people realize. The…

7 years ago

I Found PRAY, But Not On A Payphone

PRAY spotting might have me working the D train into my commute.

7 years ago

Go To Church Read Bible. Payphone Scratchiti by PRAY?

It's hard to see but it is there. It is one of a few recent sightings of a religious exhortation…

7 years ago

Was This the Work of PRAY on a Port Authority Bus Terminal Payphone?

Close-up of a Port Authority Bus Terminal payphone bearing scratches echoing the work of PRAY, New York's legendary scratchiti artist.

8 years ago