Payphones Past

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Northern Boulevard: Payphone Gone

Nothing remains of this payphone, photographed in March, 2004. Nothing, that is, save for the metal spikes in the sidewalk,…

15 years ago

Queens Plaza/41st Avenue, Payphone Gone

This payphone, once located near the Blackout Payphone, is gone, as are a number of other objects which once lined…

15 years ago

A 5th Avenue Subway Payphone

This horribly blurry and wobbly picture shows a payphone at the 5th Avenue subway stop in May, 2000. For obvious…

15 years ago

Andrei Voznesensky

The New York Times notes the passing of Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky. His poem "Phone Booth" follows.Someone is loose in…

15 years ago

Vince Lombardi Phone Booths: Gone!

Dan Z. was there when the bastards took our phone booths away! The insufferable, unimaginable, unquenchable, inexhaustible bastards hauled off…

15 years ago

Metro Motel Payphone, Before and After

The payphone across from the Metro Motel in Woodside, Queens, is gone gone gone, leaving but 6 metal spikes in…

15 years ago

47th Street Payphone, 11 Years Later

This picture from early 1999 shows a man standing next to a payphone while talking on a cell phone as…

15 years ago

Steinway Street, Payphone Gone

This picture is from March, 2000. The payphone in this photo formerly stood outside of Unlimited Lingerie on Steinway Street…

15 years ago