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I spotted these beautiful 1960s Manhattan phone booths while clicking through an underappreciated Facebook group called Astoria Beat.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/phone-booths-astoria-1960s-steinway-street-near-broadway.html/feed 0 https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-payphone-customer.html https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-payphone-customer.html#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2017 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.payphone-project.com/?p=6776

A New Yorker using a Titan-branded payphone under the RFK/Triborough Bridge.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/nyc-payphone-customer.html/feed 0 https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-broadway-astoria.html https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-broadway-astoria.html#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:11:44 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5779

This Citybridge payphone suffered a fatal blow last week. Today all traces of this payphone are gone. ]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/payphone-broadway-astoria.html/feed 0 https://www.payphone-project.com/paca-tel_payphones_the_fine_print.html https://www.payphone-project.com/paca-tel_payphones_the_fine_print.html#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:41:05 +0000 http://payphonenews.com/wp/2013/04/paca-tel_payphones_the_fine_print.html

Dialing instructions and other hard-to-read minutiæ found on a Paca-Tel payphone. ]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/paca-tel_payphones_the_fine_print.html/feed 0 https://www.payphone-project.com/mexicano-grocery-payphone-gone.html Fri, 28 May 2010 10:15:56 +0000 http://payphonenews.com/wp/2010/05/mexicano-grocery-payphone-gone.html

In March, 2001, a payphone stood outside the Mexicano Grocery Store: Today the payphone is not the only thing gone from the northwest corner of 21st Street and 31st Road in Long Island City, Queens. The entire building containing the Mexicano Grocery Store was obliterated, clearing the way for a vacant lot now fenced off…]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/emilys-coffee-shop-payphone-gone.html Mon, 24 May 2010 01:56:32 +0000 http://payphonenews.com/wp/2010/05/emilys-coffee-shop-payphone-gone.html

Emily’s Coffee Shop, at 31-06 21st Street in Long Island City, is gone. So, too, is the payphone that used to stand outside. This photo is from March, 2001: Emily’s has been replaced by Great Pizza & Fried Chicken Inc. The only trace of the payphone that used to stand at your service is the…]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/a-subway-payphone-9-years-later.html Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:22:21 +0000 http://payphonenews.com/wp/2010/02/a-subway-payphone-9-years-later.html

This before-and-after sequence spans 9½ years, and shows a payphone at the 36th Avenue/Washington Avenue subway station in Astoria. The first picture is from June, 2000. The second picture from January, 2010, shows a remarkably similar scene. The payphone itself seems to be the same. The slanted surface under the phone set (intended for note-taking,…]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/payphones-at-krash-now-called-riviera.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:30:30 +0000 http://payphonenews.com/wp/2009/11/payphones-at-krash-now-called-riviera.html

This picture from March, 2000, shows two payphones outside the Krash Dance Club in Astoria. Krash was a popular gay bar and night club which closed some time ago, later becoming a fully nude bar called Riviera. A lot of folks in Astoria do not seem to realize that Riviera is a nude club, assuming…]]>