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  • "Best Things To Do in NYC This Weekend With Kids" (May 17, 2022) Mommy Poppins
  • " Spring Festivals and 18 More Things To Do in NYC This Weekend With Kids" (May 17, 2022) MSN
  • "Opening Weekend: Analog City NYC B.C. (Before Computers) at the Museum fo the City of New York" (May 20, 2022) A Child Grows In Brooklyn
  • "NYC's 'last' payphone will be displayed at the Museum of the City of New York" (May 24, 2022) TimeOut
  • "Exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York transports visitors to pre-digital New York" (May 22, 2022) artdaily
  • "Analog City: New York B.C. (Before Computers) at Museum of the City of New York, May 20 – December 31, 2022" (May 22, 2022) Arts Summary
  • "New York City Removes Last Public Pay Phone in End of an Era" (May 23, 2022) Wall Street Journal 
  • "Out with the old, in with the new: Last public pay phone removed from New York City" (May 23, 2022) USA Today
  • "Last call: Final phone booths removed from NYC streets" (May 23, 2022) NY Daily News
  • "City removes last-standing public payphone from NYC street" (May 23, 2022) NY Post
  • "New York City removes its last surviving public payphone" (May 23, 2022) The Architect's Newspaper
  • "NYC Removes Its Last Public Payphone" (May 23, 2022) NBC
  • "End of an era: Last street payphone in New York City removed" (May 23, 2022) CBS
  • "NYC removes last payphone in the city to make way for 5G" (May 23, 2022) News12
  • "Out of service: Last New York City payphone removed" (May 23, 2022) Fox13
  • "NYC Says Its Final Goodbye to the Pay Phone" (May 23, 2022) Bloomberg
  • "The last public payphone in NYC has been removed from Midtown" (May 23, 2022) gothamist
  • "New York City removes the last payphone from service" (May 23, 2022) MSNBC
  • "NYC's Last Payphone Removed as LinkNYC Wifi Kiosks Complete Rollout (May 23, 2022) Patch
  • "New York City removes the last payphone from service" (May 23, 2022) CNBC
  • "The last functioning public pay phone in Manhattan has been removed" (May 24, 2022) npr
  • "The Last Public Payphone In NYC Is Gone, Spelling The End Of An Era" (May 24, 2022) DesignTaxi
  • "End of an era as New York removes last public payphone" (May 24, 2022) The Guardian
  • "New York City's last remaining public payphone has been removed" (May 24, 2022) Archinect
  • "New York City Removes Last Public Pay Phone" (May 24, 2022) Huffpost
  • "The last pay phones leave New York City" (May 26, 2022) Axios 
  • "NYC Is Now 100% Payphone Free" (May 26, 2022) Paper Magazine
  • "New York City’s Last Public Payphone Is Removed" (May 26, 2022) My Modern Met 
  • "The Only Living Pay Phones in New York" (May 27, 2022) New York Times
  • "Around the Web: Robot Retailers. Clothing Commerce. Cutting-Edge Car. Crossword Computer. Bye-Bye, Booths. Equine Email. Crater Critters. Asteroid Antics. Sacred Seltzer. Fiction Flames." (May 27, 2022) WhatTheyThink
  • "The Glorious Corner" (May 27, 2022) Times Square Chronicles 
  • "Why am I so sad about the loss of phone boxes when they are practically useless?" (June 2, 2022) The Guardian
  • "21 Art Shows to See in New York This Summer" (June 13, 2022) Hyperallergic
  • "If We Can Make It Here…" (June 13, 2022) W42ST
  • "El Museo de Nueva York transporta a los visitantes a la Nueva York predigital en Ciudad Análoga" (June 15, 2022) Impacto Latino
  • "New Museum of the City of New York exhibition showcases life before digital age" (June 16, 2022) NY1
  • "New York’s Last Payphone Kiosk, Removed from Midtown Last Month, Has Officially Become a Museum Artifact" (June 20, 2022) ArtNet
  • "New Museum of the City of New York exhibit highlights life before the digital age" (June 20, 2022) CBS 
  • "One of the Last Pay Phones in New York City Moves to a Museum" (June 22, 2022) Smithsonian Magazine
  • "NYC’s Last Public Pay Phone Is Now a Museum Artifact" (June 22, 2022) Hyperallergic
  • "NYC’s Last Public Pay Phone Acquired By The Museum Of The City Of New York" (June 24, 2022) Cool Hunting
  • "One of New York’s Last Public Payphones Finds a Symbolic Home" (June 27, 2022) Surface
  • "NYC removes last working public payphone" (July 12, 2022) CGTN
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