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Payphones are fading fast, thanks mostly to the rise of the cell phone.

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DSCN0587.jpg Phone Booth at 825 West End Avenue, at 100th Street.ThumbnailsThe overhead light and fan do not work in this phone booth. The door is gone.Phone Booth at 825 West End Avenue, at 100th Street.ThumbnailsThe overhead light and fan do not work in this phone booth. The door is gone.Phone Booth at 825 West End Avenue, at 100th Street.ThumbnailsThe overhead light and fan do not work in this phone booth. The door is gone.

It seemed symbolic to me that a woman talking her cell phone passed by right as I snapped this picture of a rare Manhattan phone booth. Payphones are fading fast, thanks mostly to the rise of the cell phone.