1980s – The Payphone Project https://www.payphone-project.com Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:07:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 New Year, Old Payphones https://www.payphone-project.com/new-year-old-payphones.html https://www.payphone-project.com/new-year-old-payphones.html#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2018 21:46:47 +0000 http://www.payphone-project.com/?p=7596

1980s NYC Phone Booth, via 80s.nyc

When I first heard about 80s.nyc, a Streetview for NYC in the 1980s, I thought it sounded like inspiration for an extended dream sequence from "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer". I went out clicking for payphones and phone booths, and found quite a few. It was good fun, even if it chewed up a little too much time.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/new-year-old-payphones.html/feed 0 New York Public Telephones: There’s Nothing More New York https://www.payphone-project.com/new-york-public-telephones-theres-nothings-more-new-york.html https://www.payphone-project.com/new-york-public-telephones-theres-nothings-more-new-york.html#respond Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:24:23 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5409

Get Street Smart. New York Telephone.

Once in a while in my research a charming cultural relic surfaces, such as this peppy New York Telephone commercial from 1987. This 60-second television spot shows several actors recreating real-world scenes of people using payphones in ways once common in New York. ]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/new-york-public-telephones-theres-nothings-more-new-york.html/feed 0 NYC Nostalgia: 1980s Payphone Caller https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-nostalgia-1980s-payphone-caller.html https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-nostalgia-1980s-payphone-caller.html#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:52:46 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5281

NYC Nostalgia: 1980s Payphone User

A charming photo from the NYC nostalgia blog in which a 1980s payphone user partly obscures a sign for the "Queensboro Ave." subway stop, a station and streetname I've never heard of.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-nostalgia-1980s-payphone-caller.html/feed 2 1987: New York City Payphone Users https://www.payphone-project.com/1987-new-york-city-payphone-users.html https://www.payphone-project.com/1987-new-york-city-payphone-users.html#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:00:21 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=4859

1987: New York City Payphone Users

This photo of two random New Yorkers carrying on unrelated conversations within spitting distance of each other using New York Telephone payphones first appeared at the highly addictive NYC NOSTALGIA blog at Tumblr.com. The NYC Nostalgia blog makes me sad for its images of the human New York that I almost missed, but that still…]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/1987-new-york-city-payphone-users.html/feed 1