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.
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Surely an "accident"
By Angry Dan
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 5:02pm
I suspect the phone "came out of nowhere".
Was the phone wearing a
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 5:33pm
Was the phone wearing a helmet?
if you're an anachronism in DTX
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 8:15pm
you gotta understand...
Phone was too close to the
By anon
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 9:21pm
Phone was too close to the street should’ve been more on the sidewalk.
I admittedly had no idea that there were still pay phones around
By mplo
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)
There's another pair in DTX
By anon
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
Maybe
By johnmcboston
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
I’m pretty sure that phone ..
By Lee
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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