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Capturing Public Phone Booths Before They Vanish Forever

10 July 2009 4:00 PM | By Prince Of Petworth in Photo Archives, PoPville photos

Above is from Sanjay Suchak

Below is from scottahb

12 Responses to “Capturing Public Phone Booths Before They Vanish Forever”

10 July 2009 4:03 PM | Anonymous Said:

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.

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10 July 2009 4:05 PM | vonstallin Said:

I glad to see the have the official translation written on the side.

I like pay phones….
Everyone still dont have cells and house phones.

Plus if you break down , losse/stolen phone or cell battery die and you need to communicate with someone…

you will thank Be-JeZzUz 4 the phone.

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10 July 2009 4:10 PM | E Said:

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.”

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10 July 2009 4:15 PM | rockcreek Said:

Maybe the last freestanding phone booth in the Metro area:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rock_creek/2417919400/

Unfortunately, the phone is disconnected.

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10 July 2009 4:16 PM | IntangibleArts Said:

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.

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10 July 2009 4:16 PM | IntangibleArts Said:

ah! Rockcreek’s post came in before I hit Submit.
so there’s one left.

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10 July 2009 4:37 PM | Poon Zone Said:

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.

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10 July 2009 7:20 PM | Bogotron Said:

Great job Sanjay, I love the bokeh in the top shot.

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10 July 2009 10:30 PM | Nuggetz Said:

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!

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11 July 2009 11:22 AM | monkeyrotica Said:

NGA and Natural History both have old school phonebooths with closing doors. So good to be able to shut out the world for a few fleeting minutes.

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11 July 2009 4:39 PM | In Petworth Said:

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.

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12 July 2009 1:16 AM | rockcreek Said:

NGA and Natural History both have old school phonebooths with closing doors. So good to be able to shut out the world for a few fleeting minutes.

Columbia Country Club has some antediluvian wooden ones like this on the ground floor of their clubhouse (near the “Grill”). If you’re in Bethesda and need to make a private and totally anachronistic call, you can waltz right in (just be sure you enter from the parking lot, and not through the front door.)

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