Our first proof of concept (left) and the finished product at PorchFest 2019 (right). If the payphone is to be a serious actor in our storytelling system, we must ensure a proper stage! The first step was developing the proof of concept using pieces of poster board cut to scale. This helped in thinking about how to […]

Beginning this week, you can find a new prototype at the front desk of the Woodridge Neighborhood Library. We call it the “classic 1970s” telephone. Picking up the handset immediately connects listeners to the same storytelling hotline that is in the museum. Listeners can hear excerpts from oral histories from the Right to the City exhibit, or […]