A line to New York City’s past was officially disconnected: The city’s last freestanding public pay phone was hoisted away from Times Square on Monday morning.
The phone booth received a ceremonial send-off from Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Council Member Julie Won. It was one of the last remaining relics of more than 8,000 public telephones across the city that have been removed one by one over the past several years, in what the city says is part of its plan to expand Wi-Fi kiosks around the city. The pay phone will find its new home at a Museum of the City of New York exhibit, “Analog City.”
