Payphones Past

Then and Now

Mounting Backplate Where a Payphone Used To Be

This mounting backplate, which once held a payphone at a Queens laundromat, is still available for purchase at payphone.com. $23.…

4 years ago

A Payphone Gem From Getty Images

A brief window into New York's payphone past in a 1-minute piece about a 30-second payphone at Penn Station. At…

4 years ago

An Astoria Payphone Near the Library: Gone

This payphone outside a library reminds me that I believe public libraries should have public telephone rooms where anyone could…

4 years ago

Payphone Gone From El Gallito Grocery in Astoria

A brief look at the life and times of a 33rd Street TCC Teleplex payphone in Astoria. I don't remember…

4 years ago

A Walgreen’s Payphone, 1999, Then and Now

One of my favorite payphone photos I ever got. A young woman takes a break from her job at Walgreen's…

4 years ago

Grand Central Terminal Payphones Then and Now

Citizens are now required to keep their cell phones charged, healthy, and in their possession at all times, an unfortunate…

4 years ago

An Astoria Payphone Location, Then and Now

By request, and because I was genuinely preparing to resume this subject, I'm continuing my series of "Payphones Then and…

4 years ago

“Must Document!”

A payphone I used only occasionally vanished this week, bringing Astoria's payphone population down to 11. Just a couple of…

5 years ago

Payphone Gone. 31st Street and 38th Avenue in Astoria.

An amazing thing about these payphone enclosures is how successfully they cancel out the noise of the above-ground subway, allowing…

5 years ago

Boston Payphones, 2014: Dartmouth and Stuart

Outside an Eastern Bank in Boston, these phones' numbers would be (617) 247-1255 and (617) 247-1249, if they still stand…

5 years ago