New York City unplugged its last coin-operated telephone kiosk, the notorious one, on Monday. “payphone booth”replaced a few years ago by free WiFi hotspots.
But let Superman fans be reassured: Manhattan will keep four telephone booths closed, those in which journalist Clark Kent turns into a superhero. On Monday morning, New York put an end to a myth popularized in popular culture.
In front of the press, the municipal authorities and the president (the equivalent of the mayor) of the borough of Manhattan Mark Levine had the last “booth” housing two telephones dismantled and placed on a truck, which sat enthroned at the corner of the 7th Avenue and 50th Street.
“I was here today for a final goodbye to the famous – or infamous? – NYC payphone. I won’t miss the lack of a dial tone but I must admit I had a twinge of nostalgia for see him go, wrote on Twitter Mark Levine.
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