I checked in on one of my favorite things in New York this afternoon, just to be sure it was present and accounted for.
This is the only working rotary dial payphone I know of in NYC. At this rotary one will find current phone books stuffed underneath and to the side.
Rotary Dial Payphone
There are other working rotaries in the 5 boroughs. Last year I heard of one in the West Village. And two years ago I heard of another in Brooklyn.
I am not lame enough to just hit up a search engine for clues to this sort of thing. I prefer to learn of things like this from living human beings.
Until I see those other rotary dial payphones for myself, though, I crown this the one and only working rotary in town.
This makes my heart go pitter pat. I can’t get over it.
At first I thought it would be a cooler tableau if the phone book was from 1975 or so, but then I realized the juxtaposition of images makes a better composition. Sorry, but I haven’t seen any rotary-dial phones in my travels around the city since who-knows-when.
Aaaaaaaand, it’s gone.
http://payphonenews.com/news/2012/02/was-this-the-last-working-rotary-dial-payphone-in-new-york-city.html
Was this the last working rotary dial payphone in NYC?