On Being Seen
I finally watched the "CBS Sunday Morning" segment that aired a few months ago. It's good!
Times Square Busker Heard Through a LinkNYC Device
This is the first decent quality recording I've made of a New York City street musician as heard through a LinkNYC device.
O’Hare Airport Has Payphones. Lots Of Them.
Val Vashon checks in again to report that Chicago's O'Hare Airport has a surprising quantity of payphones, and they all seem to work.
The Payphone. It Doesn’t Work. Instagram Photographer rocco_pendola
From Instagram photographer rocco_pendola comes this non-working, busted up payphone in Santa Monica, California.
Phone Booth Scene from “Number Please?” (1920)
The phone booth scene steals the show in the 1920 short film "Number Please", starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.
Phone Booths Return to Times Square
Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi has brought Airlight phone booths to Times Square in Manhattan, bringing a whiff of the 1980s back to the Crossroads of the World.
Yesterday in Tel Aviv. Photo by David Moore.
David Moore, a long-time contributor to The Payphone Project, spotted this payphone user yesterday in Tel Aviv, Israel, a place which has never been well represented at this web site.
Action Shot: NYC Payphone User. June 25, 2017.
I spotted this gentleman using a payphone on Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan today. People still use payphones.
Temple City Motel Phone Booth. Photo by Thomas Hawk.
The Temple City Motel in Salt Lake City once had a classic Airlight style phone booth out front. Today it is gone.
LinkNYC: No Free Phone Calls Today
Did someone at Citybridge forget to pay their Vonage bill? Almost every number I attempted to dial from LinkNYC devices today failed.
Working Payphone. Four Seasons Lodge, New Hampshire.
A photo of a working payphone in North Conway, New Hampshire, led me to see if the Payphone Project's other phone booths from the Granite State are still around.
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.
Action Shot: Payphone Customer at the Queens 74th St./Broadway Station
I spotted this woman dropping 50¢ into an NYC subway payphone yesterday. It's true: People still use payphones!
Magnolia Park. Apopka, Florida. Abandoned GTL Payphone.
It's an abandoned and out of order payphone once owned and operated by Global Tel Link, a leader in the controversial prison payphone business.
Who’s the Photographer? Woman Using a Public Phone, NYC, 1970.
This image appears on several web sites, none of which give credit to the photographer. Can anybody identify whose picture this is?
McDowell County, West Virginia: Working Payphone.
Cell service in the county is so poor that is it easier to plunk a quarter into the payphone than to hunt for a signal.
LinkNYC: Trying Again To Make Some Phone Calls
I made one last pass at seeing how many phone calls I attempted to make through LinkNYC's free phone calling feature actually connected. Results were as expected, but I turned up a few surprises along the way.
LinkNYC’s Free Phone Calls: They Sorta Kinda Work
One of LinkNYC's marquee features is its ability to make free phone calls within the United States. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Live Girls One Dollar. Shoes and Lotions Where the Payphone Used To Be.
A payphone once stood outside this "LIVE GIRLS ONE DOLLAR" shop in Long Island City.
Working Payphone Found in Havana, Florida
Debbie Edenfield Holland, on the Payphone Project Facebook Page, posted a photo of a working payphone in the Florida panhandle city of Havana.
Faded and Fried in Potter County, Pennsylvania
Angela Lutz, who follows the Payphone Project Facebook page, shared these photos of a miserable looking specimen of payphone from Potter County, Pennsylvania.
Is it Possible to Call Payphones in New York City and Talk to Whoever Answers?
A follower of the Payphone Project’s Facebook page wrote to ask a question I don’t think I’ve heard in a long time: Is it still possible to call random payphones in New York City and talk to whoever might answer? As the subject might be of general interest to visitors of this website I rewrote and supplemented my response to the question and share it herewith.
Strange Beeps From Rockefeller Center’s Last Payphone
Strange beeps coming from a Rockefeller Center payphone might have some meaning, or they might not. Anyone with knowledge of the matter is welcome to inform us all.
Zong Li Lu: Single String Lute Music Heard Through a Payphone
The somewhat harsh timbre of the single string lute seems to suit the scratchy, monochrome texture of the landline telephone.
NYC Payphone Customer
A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.
Grove, Oklahoma. Phone Booth Sans Payphone. Photo by Brien Engel.
It's a photo from Brien Engel of an abandoned phone booth in Grove, Oklahoma. Hello?
Someone Went Payphone Handset Hunting For Easter
It looked to me as if someone had been hunting for payphone handsets instead of eggs on this past Easter Sunday.
Montreal: A Fine Use For A Payphone
Bob Parent, from Montreal, sends this funny picture illustrating how payphones today are sometimes used for everything and anything except what they were made to do.