The last pay phones in NYC?
This story is getting considerable attention: “Last street payphone in New York City removed” (CBS News ).
The final four
Ephemeral New York takes a look at the last outdoor telephone booths in New York City.
Subway payphone, 1932
Ephemeral New York shows us what a New York City subway payphone looked like in 1932 .
Link woes
The New York Times reports that the Link, meant to replace the public telephone in New York City, isn’t working out so well.
New old phone booths
Refurbished replacements for Manhattan’s four streetside telephone booths.
New York’s public telephones
Ian Frazier writes about the public telephone of the near future in New York City: the Link.
“Fo-wer, fi-yiv, sev-ven, ni-yen”
From Gay Talese’s New York: A Serendipiter’s Journey.
The Lonely Phone Booth
For wistful 4- to 8-year-olds
In defense of the telephone book
Voices in the wilderness, NYC
Goodbye, White Pages?
No NYC White Pages?
And then there were four
Outdoor phone booths in Manhattan