I wish the phones by the Petworth Metro would disappear, as the sketchiest people hang out using them for “business” all day/night long. Only 911 calls should be allowed to be made from those.

Thanks for reminding me! I took, but lost, a picture of a payphone on Mt. P St. that has written on it in black sharpie “Call your mother.”

technically, phone “booths” died out a long time ago; evidently because evil lurks at the heart of “people” and so we can’t be trusted with such things intended to offer a little privacy for a call.

we cannot play nice, so The Bosses are taking our toys away.

I recall that Yenching Palace had an ancient built-in wooden phone booth inside the door. I assume it’s been reduced to rubble by now.

I just visited the newer Air and Space Museum to see a complimentary screening of Transformers “2″, let the ridicule begin. But noteworthy was a line of 10 pay phones outside the restroom. I couldn’t help but imagine when, if ever, 10 people would simultaneously flock to the pay phone bank. However, I do have a sentimental spot for payphones and push dial phones for that matter. It wasn’t that long ago that nobody had cell phones. Life was very different, almost more romantic in the classical sense.

Viva la payphone!

I wish there were more payphones. I know y’all are going to think this is weird or stalker-like, but there is an individual I want to call to see if he answers the phone at his address. I can’t call him from home or my cell as everyone has caller id and I don’t want to block it. The reason the pay phones are being removed is that they just aren’t making any money for the companies, in this age where most of us have cells.