The final street payphones stood on Seventh Avenue at 50th Street in Manhattan. A small crowd came to watch them go, and the city took one to the Museum of the City of New York. They were replaced by LinkNYC kiosks, which offer free Wi-Fi and phone calls.
At their peak there were tens of thousands of payphones across the city. For decades a coin was all it took to call home, call a cab or call someone you missed.
Tap a line to jump to it.
We made all 240 of these, in English and Indonesian, from one script each. We make story series for brands, schools and channels.
0:51 the first web page The first website ever made is still online 
0:58 the bulb The light bulb that has been on since 1901 
1:06 the box The steel box that changed the world: the first container ship (1956) 
1:06 the flyer From 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk to Mars: the Wright Flyer's journey 
0:59 the word Why we say 'hello' on the phone (and not 'ahoy') 
0:50 the statue The dog who waited 9 years at Shibuya Station ← All stories Next story: The oldest human-made object still in orbit →
