(Source: Telephone Wallpapers)
Video killed the radio star. Cellphones killed the payphone. It's a tough world out there.
At the beginning of 2000, there were 2 million pay phones in the US; it's now 500,000. I'm honestly shocked that any are in operation today. I mean, more people in the world have access to a mobile phone than own a toothbrush (maybe we need more toothbrush booths).
So, how can the outdated payphone be repurposed?
Well, in NYC, they recently held a contest to "reinvent pay phones." The finalists mostly had techie-ish suggestions. Cool, but I'm a bit tech-ed out right now (I know, it's basically blasphemy for a Googler to say that). Between my Mac, smartphone, i-pad and Kindle, I don't really need a larger-than-life device to confront me on my way to work.
Instead, I think this would be awesome
(Source: My Modern Met)
There is an adorable little movement going on called the "Little Free Library" to get people to spontaneously read a book. As a book lover, I can't think of a more ideal reincarnation.
They can even bond over the Kindle killing the paperback. A match made in heaven.
PS - In Sao Paulo, they've turned 100 phone booths into public works of art -- such a fun way to revive the obsolete
(Source: My Modern Met)
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