05 January 2010

Wooden Phone Booth Sighting: O'Connor's Bar


Haven't done a "Wooden Phone Booth Sighting" feature in some time, and it's high time I did. This one is inside O'Connor's bar, which since 1931 has sat anchored Fifth Avenue near Atlantic. The booth is in working order. It has a seat, a light that goes on when you close the door and a fan above.


And here's the piece la pièce de la resistance. The phone has a rotary dial! And it works! Only wooden phone booth rotary dial in working order I've seen outside of Fedora.



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1 comment:

  1. Marc1/07/2010 9:42 PM

    Great find. Thanks for posting the pics. I didn't think there were any rotary payphones left in service in NY.

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