Payphones Past

Then and Now

El Charrito, El Gallito. Then and Now.

These pictures show a payphone at 33rd Street and 34th Avenue in Astoria. The first picture is from 1999, the…

16 years ago

212-245-9500, Then and Now

Here is a midtown Manhattan public telephone location that has survived the payphone meltdown of the last 15 years. It…

16 years ago

Then and Now: A 36th Avenue Payphone in Astoria

The first photo is from May, 2003, and shows a payphone outside of Tiffany Insurance on 36th Avenue and 32nd…

16 years ago

Then and Now: A Getty Station Payphone

I was reminded last week of a project that I have meant to pursue for some time: Then and Now:…

16 years ago

Cemetery Payphone Revisited

Two of my life's loves meet in this alley near New Calvary Cemetery on Queens Boulevard. It is a payphone…

16 years ago