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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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Tower of Pay Phones.

Tower of Pay Phones

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.

[Charles DeYoe, 07/03/2022]

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.


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