phone booths – The Payphone Project

At the NYPL, Where Payphones Don’t Work But the Booths are Cozy

the payphone project — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:15:39 +0000

A woman in one of the NYPL Schwartzman branch phone booths. May, 2017.

Phone Booth Hunting in Old School Yearbooks

the payphone project — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:45:09 +0000

Phone booth hunting in publicly posted college and high school yearbooks turned up some interesting stuff. Until the mid-2000s, if not beyond, most high school and college campuses had payphones of some sort, so their appearance in yearbooks seemed like a sure thing.

Steppingstone Park Phone Booth

the payphone project — Sun, 12 May 2019 23:52:43 +0000

I made a small pilgrimage out to Great Neck, Long Island on Saturday, to check in on the phone booth at Steppingstone Park. Admission to Steppingstone requires a park card. I had no such card but the woman at the front entrance was nice enough to let me in "this one time".

Phone Booth Scene from Steven Spielberg’s “Duel” (1971)

the payphone project — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:21:34 +0000

Here is a cool phone booth scene from Steven Spielberg's "Duel", starring Dennis Weaver. This was Spielberg's first full-length film, which aired on television in 1971.

Payphones Seen in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”

the payphone project — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:18:45 +0000

I grabbed screenshots of some of the more interesting appearances of payphones in"Manhattan", the 1979 film directed (in black and white) by Woody Allen.

New Year, Old Payphones

the payphone project — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 21:46:47 +0000

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.

A Phone Booth at Journal Square: P.J. Ryan’s Squared

the payphone project — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:18:02 +0000

I spotted an old wood phone booth at PJ Ryan's Squared, a bar at the Journal Square PATH Station in Jersey City, NJ. No payphone, but an old rotary dial device holds down the fort.

Jerry Seinfeld: Pay Phone Standup Routine (1984)

the payphone project — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:26:12 +0000

Most folks under the age of 40 would probably have no idea what Jerry Seinfeld is talking about in this short comedy clip from 1984. The payphone-related behaviors recounted have largely vanished.

Phone Booths of Astoria, 1960s. Steinway Street Near Broadway.

the payphone project — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:43:06 +0000

I spotted these beautiful 1960s Manhattan phone booths while clicking through an underappreciated Facebook group called Astoria Beat.

Manhattan’s Last Outdoor Phone Booths: What’s The Deal?

the payphone project — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:27:26 +0000

One of the more oddball moves by the CityBridge consortium was its replacement of Manhattan's classic American Airlight style phone booths with Canadian models. Let's look at them.

Jorge Vasconcelos: 42nd Street Phone Booths, 1985.

the payphone project — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:23:27 +0000

Photo is from November 25, 1985, by Jorge Vasconcelos. Please take a tour of his Flickr stream.

Camp Rudder Phone Booths, Florida Panhandle. Photo by Tanja Kropf.

the payphone project — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:49:22 +0000

Camp Rudder, on the Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle, is home to this row of 7 phone booths. You just never know where you might find these things.

NYC Phone Booth Roundup

the payphone project — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:56:53 +0000

Just a few sightings of phone booths around New York, with more to come.

Artist Benedetto Bufalino Has Created a Mobile Phone Booth.

the payphone project — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:23:12 +0000

Hey, why not?

Two in a Row From Barbara Van der Aue

the payphone project — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:55:57 +0000

Phone booth photos from Michigan And Missouri, taken by a follower of the Payphone Project Facebook page.