The Old Payphone Graveyard in Astoria. January, 2003.

This lot today is occupied mostly by ATMs, one of the first businesses the independent payphone industry moved on to as they saw the writing on the wall with regard to their livelihood. In this lot today you also might find air machines, countertop video games, internet-connected jukeboxes, tchotchke dispensers, candy or soda vending machines, claw machines, change-makers, etc. Any coin- or cash-fed device you encounter today is quite possibly operated by payphone owners of yore.

Payphone Graveyard in Astoria. January, 2003.
Payphone Graveyard in Astoria. January, 2003.


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