Buffalo, New York: Tower of Pay Phones
Titled "Don't Drop a Dime on Me," the sculpture stands outside a bar and is made of 36 pay phones salvaged from other Buffalo-area bars. Two metal people hold handsets, having a conversation.
Essex Street Pub
- Address:
- 530 Rhode Island St., Buffalo, NY
- Directions:
- Essex Street Pub. One block west of Richmond Ave., on the northwest corner of Rhode Island and Essex Sts.
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A sculpture is made with many old pay phones, with a couple of people on the phones. The phones don't work, but it's very cool.
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Titled "Don't Drop a Dime on Me," the sculpture, created in 2019 at the Essex Art Center, stands outside a bar and is made of 36 pay phones salvaged from other Buffalo-area bars.