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The
is coming for New York's
pay phones. New York City
say workers are currently removing all public pay phones from the city's
. Pay phones used to be everywhere in the city - on every street
and in every park and public place. Engineers have started the
work by taking away 30 pay phones from the Hell's Kitchen area of the
. In the coming months, the
phones will go. New York City spokesman Corey Johnson told the CNN news agency that: "The antiquated and
pay phone booths take up much-needed sidewalk space. Removing these booths is a win for pedestrians who navigate these
blocks."