"There are 13,659 payphones on NYC sidewalks, even though there are over 17 million cell phones," reads a poster designed by New York architect John Locke. Seeing an opportunity for creative reuse and community building, Designboom writes, Locke is turning obsolete phone booths into mini libraries.
Passersby are encouraged to take a book or leave a book from the improvised bibliothecas, which are reminiscent of the Little Free Libraries born in Wisconsin or the Phoneboox found in the UK. Locke hopes the tiny metro libraries, part of his Department of Urban Betterment project, will encourage an increased sense of local camaraderie, he says via email: "More people in the neighborhood sharing, talking, and just having a heightened awareness and sense of engagement with their surroundings."
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