These phone booths that remain on Palm Canyon are almost to the point that an antique dealership or consignment shop can pull them out to hawk as a relic of a the mid-twentieth century.
I mean, look at them--they're classic. The color--bad brown--fits in perfectly with the 1970s and the text written on them could have been lifted out of a 1958 issue of Look magazine.
Finally, there's the idea of the booth itself as a nook to escape the noise of busy Palm Canyon in order to talk on the phone. The concept is ingenious and could be applied today.
Why not offer mobile device users a booth in which to talk so they'll stop walking while talking, putting them at risk of getting run over or hogging the sidewalk?
Actually if you look around, you'll find that cell phone users do use these booths--to escape the hectic street so they can talk and hear the guy at the other end.
Wow. I haven't seen a phone booth in years! But yeah, they would be great for cellphone calls.
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