Photographing LinkNYC Users Has Become a Niche Fascination
New Yorkers seem to regard the growing number of LinkNYC encampments as anything from adorable to terrifying.
Tesla, Thomas, Thurber. “Phone Booth”, by Ariana Kelly.
The Payphone Project finds itself in good company in the index to Ariana Kelly's book "Phone Booth".
Using a LinkNYC Device for Free Phone Calls
If you are soft spoken or simply unwilling to scream your conversations into public space then LinkNYC's free phone call feature might not be for you.
A Mile of Sound: 20 LinkNYC VOIP Phones Heard All At Once
Up to twenty VOIP phones along a Manhattan Avenue were connected one by one, creating a snapshot of sound comprising all that the phones could capture over the distance of about a mile. City noises and car horns mix with occasionally intelligible words spoken by passers by. It forms a lightly organized cacophony that actually…
LinkNYC Revisited, and Reconsidered
When Links first appeared I was happy to give them half a chance on æsthetic merit. But their numbers greedily increased. They are becoming a caricature of themselves, a ludicrous army of blinking, blistering eyesores.
Pay Phone Strangulation is Real. Very Real.
Talk about phone booth fighting. This Associated Press story from 1984 makes a common payphone sound like a savage murderer.
Telekom Austria, Phone Booth User
Vienna: Man in a golden outfit takes a break in a Telekom Austria phone booth.
Was There Ever a Payphone On Nicasio Reservoir?
For 50 years the Benner-Nawman company made phone booths and payphone gear they said "may take a mauling but you can keep on calling." But did they really have a payphone in the middle of California's Nicasio Reservoir?
LinkNYC’s GSOD, and the Infrastructure Underneath.
If this kind of infrastructure interests you then feast your eyes on the underlying foundation of a LinkNYC device. Links are replacing outdoor public pay telephones throughout New York, with the promise from CityBridge (the company that makes them) that they would use elements of the payphones' pre-existing infrastructure.
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Payphone Down. Broadway in Astoria.
This Citybridge payphone suffered a fatal blow last week. Today all traces of this payphone are gone.
On Tumblr: Dual Phone Booth on Rákóczi Road Budapest 1960, Hungary
1960 photo of a dual phone booth on Rákóczi Road Budapest 1960, Hungary
LinkNYC: Your New Homeless Office?
Citybridge's new LinkNYC devices have become magnets for loiterers of all stripes.
Regards from Telenor, the Norwegian Phone Company
Nortel, the largest phone company in Norway, has preserved about 100 of its classic red phone boxes. There used to be over 6000 such "little red houses" in use throughout the country.
Trump Tower Payphone: Still No Dial Tone
The only payphone at the Trump Tower still does not work. Will it ever? Prrrrobably not.
Michael Antman: Patron Saint of the Pay Telephone
Austin TX: Michael Antman: Patron Saint of the Pay Telephone.
“Cabine of the Dead”, by Vincent Templement
"Cabine of the Dead" from French director Vincent Templement is good old-fashioned zombie phone booth fun to start your week.
Gunk on a Link
LinkNYC kiosks seem to have avoided a lot of vandalism since they first hit the streets of New York back in February. A “Vote for Hillary” sticker I spotted a few months ago might have been the first evidence I saw of a vandal’s poison sword wielded at a Link device. Since then I’ve spotted a few more stickers but that’s been…
NBC Affiliate in Denver Talked to “The Guy Who Runs the Payphone Project”
I did a short interview yesterday with Channel 9, an NBC affiliate in Denver, on the occasion of anniversary of the pay telephone. Allegedly the first pay station appeared in New Haven, CT, on June 1, 1880. Certain evidence, however, suggests earlier pay stations had existed.
Down and Out. He Should Have a Telephone of His Own.
This haiku-like New York Telephone advertisement from the New York Times, June 13, 1906, shows that stigmas associated with payphone usage date back to the early 20th century.
LinkNYC: The Payphone of the Future Is Here
The "Payphone of the Future" is here: Put your recyclables aside and settle down at your nearest LinkNYC device.
Phone Booths at the Met Breuer Museum
My first thought on hearing that the Met Breuer was taking over the old Whitney building was, naturally enough, “What will they do with the phone booths in the basement?” I am sure this was the question all New Yorkers asked when they heard about the Met Breuer opening.
Working Payphone at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located at the 82nd Street entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a single payphone. Its number is 212-650-9682.
Payphone User. May 26, 2016.
Greece Payphone, by the Aegean Sea.
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Mid-Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library
There are two payphones at the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library. 212-684-9516 & 212-684-8529.
Maestro Moses Josiah on the Musical Saw, Heard Through a Times Square Payphone
Maestro Moses Josiah's Musical Saw sounds mysterious and strange when heard through a public pay telephone. Listen through the crackle of the landline as he plays John Lennon's "Imagine" at the Times Square subway station.
Digital Divide Bridged? LinkNYC Expands to Eighth Avenue.
Links appear to be a breeding ground for the 21st century version of people hanging around by the payphone. New behaviors of loitering and noise beg an obvious question: When will the complaints begin?