The city of New York in the United States called the last public phone from the streets of Manhattan, and American media indicated that the phone that was removed will be placed in an exhibition in a local museum.
Officially, pay phones in New York City are a thing of history, local websites said.
Marking the end of an era and the beginning of another, New York City removes its last payphone booths (French)
It's the final chapter in a saga that has been unfolding since 2015, when the city began uprooting phone booths and replacing them with "Technological Services" (LinkNYC) kiosks that provide free public Wi-Fi, charging outlets and other services, she said.
@timessquare.nyc
The last payphone in NYC was removed today in Times Square đź“ž #payphone #TimesSquare #NYC #newyorkcity
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And the “Times Square” page on “Tik Tok” published a video clip of the moment the public phone was removed last Monday.
Payphone kiosks in New York have become victims of the spread of free internet and mobile phones (French)
And Mark Levine, President of Manhattan, posted a tweet on his account with a video clip of the phone being removed, and said, "End of times. The last pay phones have been removed in New York City."
END OF AN ERA.
NYC's last free-standing pay phones removed this am in Times Sq.
(7th Ave & 50th St.).
No more fishing in your pocket for quarters.pic.twitter.com/ZtRhzWPp4G
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) May 23, 2022