Lonely Old Phone Booth on Yankee Pier, Governors Island
Seen on Yankee Pier off the east side of Governors Island is, for whatever the distinction might be worth, probably the most beautifully located phone booth in New York City.
New York City: Payphone in a Toilet
Ron Dunn, a new follower of the Payphone Project Facebook Page, yesterday offered up this Pulitzer-worthy shot of a New York City payphone in its finest hour, dangling inside a toilet.
Phone Booth at Vasona Lake County Park, Los Gatos, California.
The photo of a phone booth at the Vasona Lake County Park was taken a couple of years ago, on June 2, 2015. It is, I am pleased to report, still there today.
Did William Howard Taft Get Stuck In A Phone Booth?
An anecdote from 1908 claims that presidential candidate William Howard Taft once got trapped inside a phone booth, necessitating that he be freed by a carpenter who sawed the booth apart. I contacted the experts at the Taft Historical Site in Cincinnati to hear what they thought.
Kununurra, Western Australia. Drysdale River Station Payphone.
Larry T. Miniard shares this photo, from June, 2016, of a payphone from Kununurra, Western Australia, at the Drysdale River Station (KWA), 1 km off the Kalumburu Road.
Payphones Aplenty in Panama. Here’s One From Santa Fé.
Panama still has many payphones, writes Mary Roush: "There are payphones on Contadora and Saboga in the Pearl Islands and, most likely, in the San Blas Islands...and there is one on the main street in Volcan, at the base of Volcan Baru"
Anguilla: Payphone On A Tree Stump
Jim Hannum shares this photo of a payphone on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. It is somewhat unusually located on a tree stump.
Trenèín, Slovak Republic +421327000014 & +4213270000103
Photos by Arthur W. of Payphones and a phone booth in Trenèín, Slovak Republic. Originally posted to The Payphone Project in December, 2011.
Abandoned Phone Booth, Seaview Motel in Pennsville, NJ.
An anonymous photographer contributed this artsy black and white photo of an abandoned Verizon-branded phone booth found at the Seaview Motel in Pennsville, NJ.
Alaska: Phone Booth Near the Wrangell Seaplane Base
Mark Cotton saw The Payphone Project on CBS Sunday Morning and sent over this photo from May 2016. It is in Wrangell, Alaska, near the Wrangell Seaplane Base.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Trolley Stop Phone Booth
Nancy Catallo shares this beautiful shot of a well-lit phone booth containing a Bell of Pennsylvania payphone and, possibly, a phone book. This almost makes me want to call home.
Holbrook, Arizona: A Ghostly Truck Stop Payphone Room
Mike Melchiors sends us an eerie if not profound photo of an abandoned payphone room at a truck stop in Holbrook, Arizona.
Phone Booth, San Juan National Forest, Colorado
This week I'll be sharing some of the payphone and phone booth photos sent to the Payphone Project from around the world in response to last week's segment on CBS Sunday Morning. Linda Cagle gets things going with these photos of a phone booth found in an isolated part of Colorado.
This Kid Probably Has No Idea His Payphone Is Going Away
Thanks to all who reached out to me after my brief spot on CBS Sunday Morning. The correspondences have been gratifying, to say the least. Phone booth photos from across the country are coming soon to this space but for now here are more thoughts on the rollout of LinkNYC, the so-called "payphone of the future", on Broadway in Astoria, Queens.
The Payphone Project on “CBS Sunday Morning”
The Payphone Project get about a minute of air time on CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley. Reviews all seem positive, with the only complaint being that people actually wanted to see more of me!
Living on the LinkNYC (It’s BETA!)
He was absolutely screaming into the LinkNYC free phone. The person he was talking to screamed back. Both sides of the conversation could be heard by all.
LinkNYC Coming To Astoria?
These orange pylons and tangled metal bars seem to suggest that LinkNYC will soon rise up in Astoria, Queens, replacing payphones and delivering much-needed advertising to the area.
The “Rolls Royce” of Payphones, the Standard Electrica ITT, *Was* Up For Grabs on eBay
The "Rolls Royce of payphones (~1986) can now be yours at what looks like a damn good price. The Standard Electrica ITT payphone is up for grabs on eBay.
London, 1975: Phone Booths at Tube Station
Photo from the London underground, 1975. Man using one of three phone booths in the London tube. From Flickr photographer MJ 310.
Rogue Payphone Sighting
From 100 feet away I saw something almost unbelievable: A newly installed clamshell payphone, absent any advertising panels. This is the year 2017, right?
StreetMessages.com: The Domain Name That Got Away
An abandoned payphone outside the abandoned headquarters for StreetMessages.com provided an amusing antidote to a fresh appearance of that defunct web site address on an NYC payphone.
Rare Sighting: Payphone Repairman
I spotted something rare. A public pay telephone repairman at work, keeping New York City's payphones safe and sanitary.
Hill Street Blues: The World Is Full Of Payphones
Another installment in a potentially endless series of pictures and video clips featuring public pay telephones from when they were more a part of the fabric of society than they are today. This very brief excerpt is from the great police series "Hill Street Blues."
A Payphone Scene From “Taxi”, Season 1, Episode 1 (1978)
The first ever episode of "Taxi" (1978) revolves around a magical payphone that allows for free calls anywhere in the world.
The Modern Phone Booth. Flickr Photographer Darryl Smith.
Cell phone users take cover in phone booths once reserved for public pay telephone customers. From Flickr photographer Darryl Smith.
Happy New Year From The Payphone Project
It was a rough holiday week around here. The Payphone Project and all my other web sites got knocked offline, some for a couple of days others for a couple of weeks. The coast seems clear now.
A Rockefeller Center Payphone User Revisited
A strange and what seemed at first to be an eerie coincidence occurred on Twitter the other night.
This “Free Wi-Fi Payphone” is a Portal to Nowhere.
Phantom vestiges of a 2012 program to equip NYC's payphones with free WiFi still linger on city streets.