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New York City removes its last public pay phone, a disputed title - NPR
Officials gathered in Times Square for the removal of what they called New York City's last public pay phone, which is headed to a local museum. But a number of other pay phones are still standing.
The New York Times3y
The Only Living Pay Phones in New York - The New York Times
John Porter started his pay phone operating business in New York City in 1997. Porter remembers this time as a kind of gold rush. “In the old days, you could just drill holes in the sidewalk ...
ABC News12y
New York City Pay Phone Booths Now Free WiFi Hotspots
New York City equips pay phone booths with free WiiFi. By ABC News. July 11, 2012, 2:40 PM. July 11, 2012 — -- New York City is committed to making sure the 12,000 phone booths still lining ...
Wall Street Journal3y
New York City Removes Last Public Pay Phone in End of an Era - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal
The pay phone will find its next home at the Museum of the City of New York, where the newly installed exhibit Analog City looks back at life in the city before computers.
The Washington Post10y
New York City unveils the pay phone of the future—and it does a whole lot more than make phone calls
New Yorkers pitched pay phones as public art displays, as emergency beacons, as benches, as city service kiosks. The product unveiled Monday contains quite a lot of these ideas (OK, not the bench).
Newsweek9y
New York City to Allow Pay-by-Phone Parking App
Good news, New Yorkers: Parking in the city is about to become a whole lot easier by the end of the year. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that by the end of 2016 drivers in New York ...
Los Angeles Times12y
New York City pay phone kiosks become Wi-Fi hot spots
New York City pay phone kiosks become Wi-Fi hot spots. New York City pay phone kiosks become Wi-Fi hot spots. News. Home Page ; California; Election 2024; Housing & Homelessness; Politics ...