42nd Street – The Payphone Project https://www.payphone-project.com Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Abandoned Payphone Across From Port Authority Bus Terminal https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-42nd-street-8th-avenue-across-port-authority-bus-terminal.html https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-42nd-street-8th-avenue-across-port-authority-bus-terminal.html#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:35:31 +0000 http://www.payphone-project.com/?p=7948

Abandoned Payphone Across From Port Authority Bus Terminal

This abandoned payphone by the Port Authority Terminal was, by my analysis, owned and operated either by S.A.C. Vending, a now-defunct payphone service provider from Ozone Park, Queens, or else by Comet Communications, also defunct.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-42nd-street-8th-avenue-across-port-authority-bus-terminal.html/feed 0 Jorge Vasconcelos: 42nd Street Phone Booths, 1985. https://www.payphone-project.com/jorge-vasconcelos-42nd-street-phone-booths-1985.html https://www.payphone-project.com/jorge-vasconcelos-42nd-street-phone-booths-1985.html#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:23:27 +0000 http://www.payphone-project.com/?p=7334

Jorge Vasconcelos. Street Phones, 1985.

Photo is from November 25, 1985, by Jorge Vasconcelos. Please take a tour of his Flickr stream.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/jorge-vasconcelos-42nd-street-phone-booths-1985.html/feed 0 An Amazing New York City Phone Booth Photo https://www.payphone-project.com/amazing-new-york-city-phone-booth-photo.html https://www.payphone-project.com/amazing-new-york-city-phone-booth-photo.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:45:32 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5965

Calvin Klein Phone Booth Ransom, 1974

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? ]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/amazing-new-york-city-phone-booth-photo.html/feed 0