Payphones Past

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Broadway and 50th Street

This set of four payphones and the individuals using them no longer stand at the corner of 50th Street and…

15 years ago

Midtown Payphone Survivors, Ten Years Later

Continuing my series of Payphones in New York City Then and Now, I present a set of payphone survivors in…

15 years ago

An Astoria Payphone, Ten Years Later

Continuing my lightly-updated series of "Then and Now" pictures of payphones in New York City, I spent the last few…

15 years ago

Payphone Factory

Spotted a payphone factory today. Wow!

15 years ago

Are There Any Payphones Around Gantry Park?

A lot has changed around Hunters Point South in Long Island City. Most of the payphones are gone. Some survive,…

15 years ago

Farmington, NY: Don’t Take Our Payphone, Verizon

MPNnow.com reports: "The Verizon phone technician never saw it coming. "Armed with the customary work order, and with the uneventful…

15 years ago

Wellington Phone Box Bombed

Blakamin writes:"I saw this box being checked out by the police and surrounded with crime scene tape on saturday"A story…

15 years ago

I Hate When This Happens

An anonymous correspondent writes:When I saw the telephone icon sign from a block away, I thought I'd get to take…

15 years ago