Payphones Past

[VIDEO] Checking in From Rockefeller Center’s Last Working Payphone

It’s not lost on me that these videos I put together, when it’s anything more than just stringing together some clips, usually come out looking pretty crude. I’m fine with it. Beauty is a pain in the ass. This call comes from one of my all-time favorite payphones at Rockefeller Center. This phone is all that is left of Rockefeller Center’s once-formidable “COMMUNICATIONS” portal. See what I mean by that here:  This is from last week, after the mentally and intellectually orgasmic conversation with a new PCP who, I did not know, also doubles as a psychotherapist. That was the emotionally clog-draining psychotherapy session I never thought I’d get.

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