{"id":451832,"date":"2022-05-24T06:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T03:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-last-standing-public-payphone-from-street\/"},"modified":"2022-05-24T06:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T03:34:52","slug":"nyc-last-standing-public-payphone-from-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-last-standing-public-payphone-from-street\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC last-standing public payphone from street"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287a137c647\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287a137c647\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-last-standing-public-payphone-from-street\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_last-standing_public_payphone_from_street%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC last-standing public payphone from street&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_last-standing_public_payphone_from_street%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC last-standing public payphone from street&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The last standing public payphone in the city was removed from a Times Square street on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>City officials bid farewell to the iconic, coin-operated phone booth as a crane ripped it from the sidewalk at Seventh Avenue and West 50th Street Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The phone\u2019s removal marks the completion of the city\u2019s nearly-decade-long effort to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinkNYC\/status\/1528800945794080769\">replace the outdated technology with LinksNYC kiosks,<\/a> which offer free WiFi, domestic calling, mobile device charging, 911 and 311 access and other amenities.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBPMarkLevine\/status\/1528784775745523723\">Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine<\/a>, who was at the payphone removal, said he hopes its replacement will bring more equitable <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> access for New Yorkers. Though he admitted its removal was bittersweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t miss all the dead dial tones but gotta say I felt a twinge of nostalgia seeing it go,\u201d he said on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-271.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Times Square Payphone Removal\" class=\"wp-image-22384925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-271.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-271.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-271.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York City removed its last functional payphone Monday. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-270.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York City Payphone removal\" class=\"wp-image-22384930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The payphones will be replaced by kiosks that offer free wifi and phone charging. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The city, under Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s administration, put out a request for proposals to replace payphones in 2014 with new infrastructure offering free 24\/7 public WiFi. <\/p>\n<p>The company CityBridge\u2019s proposal to build a LinksNYC system was chosen the same year and the city began sw<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing out old payphones for the new LinksNYC screens in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the city\u2019s payphones were sent to the scrapyard by 2020. More than 7,500 of the public phones had been replaced with about 2,000 LinksNYC kiosks at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-268.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Payphone removal\" class=\"wp-image-22384946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-268.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-268.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nycs-last-payphone-268.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The payphone will be housed in the Museum of the City of New York. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Midtown payphone will be sent to the Museum of the City of New York as a relic of the times before cell phones became widely used. The exhibit, Analog City: NYC B.C. (Before Computers), opened just last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>However, New Yorkers searching for a bit of nostalgia on city streets aren\u2019t completely out of luck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you grew up in the city in the 90\u2019s and 00\u2019s, you knew the struggle of using one of these,\u201d Dandia Asad wrote on Twitter. \u201cIt is now a historical artifact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another social media user simply wrote: \u201cnot me crying over a pay phone\u201d along with the crying emoji.<\/p>\n<p>The payphone removed Monday was the last city-owned public payphone in the Big Apple. A few private payphones on public property still exist and four enclosed phone booths have been permanently saved from removal along West End Avenue on the Upper East Side.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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