Payphones Past

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A payphone of the past shadowed by the so-called and self-declared “payphone of the future”: a LinkNYC smart city kiosk offering free phone calls with call quality so bad the caller has to scream for the person they called to be able to hear them. A poignant little pairing of the old and the new at 21st Street and Astoria Boulevard.

Payphone of the Past Shadowed by LinkNYC, the So-called and Self-declared “Payphone of the Future”

 

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