Christmas Music Heard Through a Steinway Street Payphone
I fed $3.75 into a Steinway Street payphone to record the Christmas music played over loudspeakers on that venue. Some of it was actually audible.
A Feather In Your Coin Release
Those new outdoor phone booths are so doggone handy …
The advertisement below appeared in the August 6, 1957, edition the Panama City News-Herald. It appeared in numerous publications nationwide. Cutesy ads like this promoted the expansion of Bell telephone booths throughout the 1950s. doggone… “It’s a dog’s life, all right. Waiting while she talks. Can’t blame her much, though. Those new outdoor phone booths…
Putting the “UG” in UGLY. LinkNYC Begins its Raid of Woodside, Queens.
Uglyass LinkNYC Monoliths Are Uglifying the Already Non-Beautiful Stretch of Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens.
D7606 Graf: Marilyn in a Phone Box. Sunnyside, Queens.
Marilyn Monroe inhabits a graffiti British phone box seen on a wall in Sunnyside, Queens.
Vandals To All Who Care: “We Need More Pay Phones”
There is nothing funny about a missing person poster. But I had to laugh when I saw that someone used one such sign to share their thoughts on a matter near and dear to me, and perhaps to readers of this web site.
NBC’s I-Team on LinkNYC: Broken Promises
NBC New York's I-Team claims Brooklyn is a "digital desert." Who knew? Journalism at its finest... not.
Norristown, PA
From FLICKR user Mike Morse.
Is LinkNYC Coming to Times Square?
The sudden absence of payphones at Times Square suggests that Links are coming. Does the advertising-engulfed Times Square need this? Does anybody?
Action Shot: Payphone User in Astoria
People still use payphones. I spotted this individual talking on a CityBridge payphone in September, 2016.
CityBridge’s LinkNYC Program Takes a Blow
As a Telebeam lawsuit comes back to haunt CityBridge it may behoove regulators to consider the wisdom of granting a monopoly franchise to a company hawking a "BETA" product.
LinkNYC Customer Urinating on the Street
I and other Starbucks customers watched yesterday as a LinkNYC customer urinated onto the street. Scenes like this have come to be expected wherever Links are found. Nevertheless CityBridge is full steam ahead in placing its "payphone of the future" every 50 feet.
Sacred Harp Singers, Heard Through a Port Authority Payphone
Listen in on the somber sounds of a Sacred Harp ensemble singing at the Port Authority subway station on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 massacre.
A Times Square Payphone’s Unique Memorial
Whoever removed the payphone from this wall at the Times Square subway station seems to have done so with a sense of humor.
Diner. Painting by Richard Estes.
Diner. A photorealistic painting by Richard Estes.
An Amazing New York City Phone Booth Photo
The date was February 4, 1978. Why was fashion designer Calvin Klein standing in a New York City phone booth with $100,000 in cash?
Abandoned NYTEL Payphones. Woodside, Queens.
This pair of abandoned payphones outside a Woodside car wash were owned by NYTEL, a company that made most of its money from pre-paid calling cards.
LinkNYC Arrives in Queens at IPANY’s Former Stomping Ground.
If their quantity Third Avenue is any indication we should expect to see hundreds of Links up and down Queens Boulevard, as far as they eye can squint.
Penn Station Payphone User
Penn Station could be home to the largest number of payphones under one roof in New York.
Sounds of Jackhammers and Street Noise Heard Through a Third Avenue Payphone, NYC
The Orelhão (“Big Ear”), Seen in Rio
The Orelhão ("big ear"), seen in this photo by Instagram user riri__g, is still a common site in Brazil, even in the cell phone age.
Talking on the Telebeam — But For How Much Longer?
People still use payphones. I spotted this woman talking on a Telebeam payphone today. Telebeam's continued existence, however, may be short-lived, as the CityBridge monopoly inches closer to putting the company out of business.
Action Shot: Penn Station Payphone User
The not-as-rare-as-you'd-think payphone user. August, 2016.
Penn Station Musician Heard Through a Nearby Payphone
Any endeavor which depends on the reliability of the public telephone is imperiled from the start. I was glad to catch at least this one segment today, from a musician who is unnamed because no identifying information was to be seen at his performance space.
Grand Central Subway Station – No Working Payphones
There are only two payphones left on the upper level of the Grand Central subway station. Neither one works.
Grupo Wayne. Music of the Andes. NYC Subway Buskers Heard Through a Nearby Payphone.
This one starts out a little rough but ends up being among the best quality recordings I've gotten of musicians recorded through NYC's subway payphones.
Another Classy LinkNYC Customer
With about 300 of an expected 10,000 units installed and activated the rollout of LinkNYC is starting to feel like a slow-moving plague of technological "Smart City" pollution.
Leipzig Phone Booth
Photo of a Leipzig, Germany, phone booth by Instagram user Amarilll