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We know where the last phone booth in Manhattan is, but what about San Francisco? There was one across the street from City Hall in front of the Herbst Theatre, but it was dismantled last year.
Does S.F. have any other old-school, glassed walled, stand alone phone booths that are still operational?
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There is a phone on 24th/capp in the Mission. Isn't it...ironic.
There is a phone on 24th/Capp in the Mission. Isn't it...ironic.
Irving and 10th has one as well....and there's another one elsewhere I recall seeing way way out near Ocean Beach.
There are actually two stand-alone phone booths over on 24th/Capp. Yes, they are operational. If you want to check out some of the best local Mission crazies, stand around those phones for a few minutes.
Not just phone booths, but where have all the pay phones gone?
Many places are getting rid of pay phones since lots of people carry cellphones. You'll find pay phones in transit hubs (the airport, train stations, the bus terminal). Most hotels will probably keep one or two booths as an amenity, but many restaurants and bars have pitched theirs.
Heck, what's more important to a cash-only dive bar? A payphone or an ATM in the corner by the restrooms?
Here's the booth on TI:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sf+ca&ie=UTF8&ll=37.822616,-122.370379&spn=0.013221,0.033903&z=16&om=0&layer=c&cbll=37.815983,-122.371336&cbp=2,354.39960627967735,,0,5.165493649659446
Don't see any booths here at 24th and Capp:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sf+ca&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=37.755626,-122.416856&spn=0.006616,0.016952&z=17&om=0&cbll=37.75231,-122.41734&cbp=2,571.1884044919917,,0,10.600360824374655
Street Maps hasn't made it to 10th and irving yet, surprisongly.
Please only post about phone booths that do not smell like hobo piss.
Thank you.
There's a few in Chinatown:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadslow/332315582/in/pool-11528203@N00
There is a pay phone on 18th and Castro, right next to the Bearbucks. How do I know this, aside from the fact that I walk by there on a near-daily basis? Because last night, as I was leaving my beloved Walgreens (Brock, I know you love this Walgreens as much as I do) there was an absolutely fucked-up out of her mind gutter punk beating the living hell out of the wall with its receiver before grabbing her falling-down pants, reeling back on to the sidewalk, and going at it all over again.
Who else averted their eyes and walked quickly through her path of rage, praying for their own safety en route? I know somebody did.
The phones at 24th and Capp are just east of Capp on 24th, north side of the road where the ZipCars park.
http://flickr.com/photos/thejosephboys/2248397489/
There are surprisingly many pay phones out here in the central Sunset (we're the Luddites who blocked a 60 foot Sprint cell tower 3 years ago). I know a lady down the street who uses the pay phone at Noriega and 24th Ave to call relatives in Europe once a week.
However, I don't know of any phone booths here.
Then again, we don't have bus shelters either. Or public toilets.
I was thinking more like an actual phone booth kind of payphone, like you're inside a little house with glass walls.
They used to have glass doors back in the day, but it seems like phone booths aren't allowed to have doors anymore, for some reason.
But Sprint service still works all over the Sunset, right? Didn't know about this issue.
http://no-celltower.com/
now that the Sunset is safe, I'll no longer need my aluminum hat. yay!
That resevoir would make a nice space for a helipad though. Mmmm.
there's one at taraval and 32nd, outside the 7-11
Good call, shnybny. Oh thank heaven...
It's tough to find these places on Google Street View.
I'll keep a look out for these locations.
this could be dated but sfweekly wrote an article about how the fairmont still has phone booths last year:
http://bestof.sfweekly.com/bestof/award.php?award=563306
I thought that was a treasure island phonebooth. I could tell by the trash can. There a few on the island, or there were 5 years ago when I lived there. Most are in the middle of nowhere. I think they are actually a portal for Harry Potter and friends to visit the city.
What's a pay phone?
"Many places are getting rid of pay phones since lots of people carry cellphones"
That's so dumb. What if you get a flat or have an emergency and your battery dies or you don't have coverage or -- god forbid -- you don't even carry one?!
Getting rid of landlines is stupid given how fallible cell phones are.
There's a phone booth (still marked Ma Bell I believe) at 'state in the HSS building.
There's one on the Corner of 15th and Sanchez and another 500 feet away on Market. I live a few houses from the 15th and Sanchez phone - it is active in the area of drug trafficking and frequented entirely by Upper Market Crazies.
*Chestnut & Pierce
in front of the BofAmerica ATM
*Colombus & Lombard
(below bikrahm yoga @ foodmart)
*Divis & Sacramento
(@the corner of the cutest, London market WITH an current PHONE BOOK! wow)
*Balboa & La Playa
few businesses down from Wise Surfboards. literally, under the sign "740" on la playa.
--All of the above,nicely archived by street-view google map)--
With love,
the non-mission kid
*Chestnut & Pierce
in front of the BofAmerica ATM
*Colombus & Lombard
(below bikrahm yoga @ foodmart)
*Divis & Sacramento
(@the corner of the cutest, London market WITH an current PHONE BOOK! wow)
*Balboa & La Playa
few businesses down from Wise Surfboards. literally, under the sign "740" on la playa.
--All of the above,nicely archived by street-view google map)--
With love,
the non-mission kid
*Chestnut & Pierce
in front of the BofAmerica ATM
*Colombus & Lombard
(below bikrahm yoga @ foodmart)
*Divis & Sacramento
(@the corner of the cutest, London market WITH an current PHONE BOOK! wow)
*Balboa & La Playa
few businesses down from Wise Surfboards. literally, under the sign "740" on la playa.
--All of the above,nicely archived by street-view google map)--
With love,
the non-mission kid
wow! error-server-repeats-multiplezI say oops ya'll.
XOXO and happy friday
This is why we haven't seen Superman lately. No place to change.
I've been seeking out payphones, shooting and geotagging on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatbeatheartbeat/sets/72157594578271998/
unfortunately flickr maps now just shows the 20 most recent geotagged spots, but all of them are on my map.
I've been seeking out payphones, shooting and geotagging on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatbeatheartbeat/sets/72157594578271998/
unfortunately flickr maps now just shows the 20 most recent geotagged spots, but all of them are on my map.
sorry about the posting errors. out of my control.
lot's more pay phones out there in sf than I remembered.
actual phone booths are rarer still.
For those who care (responding to the original posting), the last outdoor phone booths in Manhattan are on West End Avenue.
The booth shown in the Colin Farrell film does not exist in reality.
Marina Green:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=10+market+st,+san+francisco&f=q&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&ll=37.807422,-122.442128&spn=0.00174,0.003532&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=37.80655,-122.44225&cbp=2,279.03773055612527,,3,5.4234963084851895
We have a winner. Thought there was one out there in the marina, but wasn't sure where.