1.
Phone Booths
• public space
• culture
• technology
• worth saving
Thesis Points

2.
Definition of Culture

3.
Current Condition

4.
Current Condition
Photo credit: (left) Flickr user Gabi~

5.
Fees and Features

6.
History
Photo credit: Bell Telephone System, http://www.phonebooth.org

7.
Purpose

8.
Purpose
Photo credit: (left) Flickr user christopher steven b.

9.
Why the Decline?

10.
Why the Decline?
Photo credit: Seth Murray

11.
Why the Decline?

12.
Why the Decline?
Photo credit: (top) Bell Telephone System, (bottom) Screenshot from http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-phone-booth

13.
Why we need them

14.
Why we need them

15.
Why we need them
Photo credit: Joe Munroe/Ohio Historical Society Collections

16.
Why we need them
Photo credit: Ian McGonnigal

17.
Solutions
Photo credit: Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino

18.
Solutions
Photo credit: (left) Nick Rodrigues’ Portable Cellphone Booth, (top right) Cell Atlantic Cellbooth, (bottom right) Salemi Industries’ Cell Zone

19.
Solutions
Photo credit: Public domain photo; uploaded on Wikipedia by user Waldir

20.
Solution
Photo credit: Screenshot from http://www.payphonewarriors.com/