Tag Archives: urban

Liverpool Cathedral

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This box can be found inside Liverpool Cathedral, England. It was placed here as a memorial to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the designer of the red telephone box (thanks to Rodhullandemu for the image, via Wikipedia).

Smithfields, London

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Police Box

I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to include the classic police box/TARDIS on the blog. Here is a garden shed variety…

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Switzerland

We recently spent a few days in Switzerland. There weren’t many phone boxes about but here are a couple. Note: check the destination of one of the local buses.

Bern

Bern

Bern

Bern

Bern

Bern

Thun

Thun

Thun

Thun

Off topic – sort of

This article isn’t exactly about phone boxes but the first paragraph does indicate how they were once an integral part of life…

How a TARDIS could help police

Art and the phone

New York City pay phones to take users back to 1993

The city pay phones are being used to promote a new art exhibit recounting the year 1993 in New York’s history…

Ireland

In 2012 I visited southern Ireland on holiday…

Cobh

Cobh

Cork

Cork

Dublin

Dublin

Galway

Galway

Old phone box style

Old phone box style

Florence

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I returned to Italy recently to finish my textiles analysis course at the Lisio and had another chance to get a phone with a view.

Payphone design

High-tech payphone concept with free Wi-Fi wins NYC design challenge

The people of New York have spoken. They’ve chosen a spiffy new payphone design with free Wi-Fi access and interactive advertising as the winner of a Reinvent Payphones design challenge…

New York today

Snowy NYC

Snowy NYC