| August 21, 2006 |
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The Payphone Project
From  Peruvian islands to Vietnamese markets, from the Sydney International Airport to the basement of the Vatican, there isn't a spot where a pay phone is not. Or so it used to be. Since 1995, The Payphone Project has been amassing public telephone numbers, documenting the world's colorful collection of booths, and generally extolling the character of that humble servant of the common space, the public pay phone. And though the curator behind this project claims no worries about the future of the hardest-working instrument in telecommunications, the site's news section reads like a chronicle of an endangered species. For that very reason, a trip through the project's photo galleries is in order. Tour the stylish designs of Milan, mourn over a Long Island City graveyard, and gawk at the tele-venders of Benin. And maybe, if you can find one that still accepts incoming calls, ring someone up in a far away land. (in Reference) |
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