The Vision
Throughout the country, phone booths have been abandoned by major telephone companies who can no longer afford to maintain them. Typically the phone is ripped out of the booth, leaving the abandoned structure for local residents to either demolish or transform. We have adopted a defunct phone booth located on the Forest Street side of the Downtown Bellingham Community Co-op as a site for renewed communication in the present day. Abandoned, the booth was used for an informal conversation of sorts using graffiti and stickers. In March of 2017 we expanded upon this informal conversation by transforming the booth into a site for a curated exchange of poetic language. As community members browse the nearby reader board for community information, they can also peruse the poem booth for a little brightness, beauty, and inspiration.
Our simple goal: To create something that enhances and promotes community.
Our simple goal: To create something that enhances and promotes community.