An observant reader has noted the lingering presence on Malcolm Rd. at Millwood Rd. of an actual phone booth. It’s not just a public phone. They can still be seen in the odd public building, mobiles notwithstanding. This is a real four-walled deal right beside the Husky station. Superman used them for change rooms all the time but that was then. These days he probably puts on his tights in a Starbucks WC. Suffice to say, he is not likely to save the Malcolm Rd. phone booth. According to data, there are only four booths lefts in all Manhattan And these are still around through a human quirk stranger than the Man of Steel himself. It appears that neighborhood activists in upper Manhattan have successfully lobbied Verizon to keep them in place, hoping to preserve the look of the neighborhood. Verizon says it’ll keep them on streets as long as they last, but if they’re hit by a car and accidentally destroyed, that’s it.
