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The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth in Madison, Wisconsin
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There is a phone booth on Madison’s East Side where picking up the receiver connects the caller to no one—and, in a way, to quite a lot of people. The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth was created in memory of Nicholas Bennett Weerts, who died unexpectedly in 2017. Among his various interests was an oddly persistent fascination with payphones, which nearly a decade after his death provided the inspiration for an unusual memorial. Lift the receiver and the phone comes to life, randomly selecting f
- There is a phone booth on Madison’s East Side where picking up the receiver connects the caller to no one—and, in a way, to quite a lot of people. The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth was created in memory of Nicholas Bennett Weerts, who died unexpectedly in 2017. Among his va...
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- There is a phone booth on Madison’s East Side where picking up the receiver connects the caller to no one—and, in a way, to quite a lot of people. The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth was created in memory of Nicholas Bennett Weerts, who died unexpectedly in 2017. Among his various interests was an oddly persistent fascination with payphones, which nearly a decade after his death provided the inspiration for an unusual memorial. Lift the receiver and the phone comes to life, randomly selecting f.
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