What do you make of this? Because I’m baffled. On Aug. 2, 2024, my wife and I came upon this classic, British phone both along Madison Avenue in our San Diego neighborhood of University Heights.
As you can see from the Featured Image, the thing rests on the slim median separating sidewalk and street. Payphones are so rarely seen that what a find had this one turned out to be active. It’s just decoration and empty inside.
Both photos come from Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. Vitals: f/2.4, ISO 50, 1.3200 sec, 70mm (film equivalent); 8:53 a.m. PDT. The second: f/1.7, ISO 12, 1/1000 sec, 23mm (film equivalent); 8:56 a.m.