The influx of LinkNYC kiosks continues... as one of the [free] Wi-Fi hotspots has been installed on Second Avenue and East 12th Street... the first that we recall seeing in the neighborhood outside the Third Avenue corridor at and above 14th Street.
The city is reportedly expected to have more than 500 kiosks up and running by the end of this month... with a goal of 7,500, each replacing a pre-existing phone booth, over the next eight years.
Meanwhile, given the anticipated arrival of more kiosks, there has been some confusion... none of these are LinkNYC kiosks, just FYI...
Are you sure those others aren't LinkNYC?
ReplyDeleteseriously. We need this ?
ReplyDeleteErrr... Why on earth would we need to charge our phones while standing on the street?
ReplyDeleteThis is for tourists.
The only place I'd want free wifi is when I'm waiting for the train.
Every time I see someone at a kiosk, they're either watching music videos, or they seem to be camped out for the long haul.
ReplyDelete"the first that we recall seeing in the neighborhood outside the Third Avenue corridor at and above 14th Street."
ReplyDeleteeh? there are several dozen of these blightlets on 8th Avenue, and around Yankee Stadium. or maybe you mean in the east village neighborhood... whatev. i hope these things die spectacularlously.
I recall resourceful derelicts charging TV's and radios from lamp posts. Those were the first and still existing multimedia kiosks.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of urban blight and filth in your hot real estate market area. This city's electeds really have fucked up priorities. The tale of two cities continues unabated.
Really, nobody has those Dynex charges that we need these things?