The first of 7,500 LinkNYC Free Wi-Fi kiosks appeared in the East Village yesterday, as part of Mayor de Blasio's plan to replace defunct NYC pay phones.
Anyone who picks up this payphone in the Amtrak concourse of Penn Station will hear Julie, an automated voice offering information and a transfer call.
Following last week’s announcement that New York City’s pay phones would be converted into high speed WiFi consoles, Ben Wellington
LinkNYC a new project proposed by the city and City Bridge wants to replace old pay phone booths in NYC with newer Internet connected consoles with free US calls
We first reported about the shrinking number of working emergency call boxes, and this week Brokelyn discovered the latest numbers
With the imminent demise of New York City’s pay phones in 2014, it seems miraculous that the wooden phone booths
With growing evidence suggesting that phone booths are obsolete, designers have begun to re-imagine these structures as much more than a convenient calling mechanism.