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Medic! Medic! Pay phones down!

By adamg on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 2:25pm
Pay phone down on Summer Street outside Macy's

Garrett Quinn came across this sad sight today: Two of the last working pay phones in all of Boston, knocked to the ground on Summer Street in front of Macy's in Downtown Crossing. Quinn, a grizzled old-school reporter, says he picked up the receiver on the top side to see if it was still working: He says he got a busy signal.

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Free tagging: 
Summer Street
Downtown Crossing


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Comments

By Angry Dan on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 5:02pm.

I suspect the phone "came out of nowhere".

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By anon on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 5:33pm.

Was the phone wearing a helmet?

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By anon on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 8:15pm.

you gotta understand...

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By anon on Thu, 03/10/2022 - 9:21pm.

Phone was too close to the street should’ve been more on the sidewalk.

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By mplo on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 8:20am.

I admittedly had no idea that there were still pay phones around. I guess these must've been the last of them. (lol)

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By anon on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 9:11am.

There's another pair in DTX on Washington St. near the McDonalds.

I think there is still one outside of Back Bay Station

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By johnmcboston on Sun, 03/13/2022 - 9:35pm.

Used to be one at Mass & Newbury, next to the old bus stop. Construction might have gotten that one torn out

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By Lee on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 10:36am.

… was on it’s mobile, wearing headphones and not wearing high viz.
Because I see that all the time!

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