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San Francisco’s wind phone lets visitors talk to lost loved ones

Popkin
Jun 16, 2026
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Not every phone is meant to connect two living people. At San Francisco’s Sunset Dunes, a bright blue phone booth gives visitors a chance to speak the words they never got to say to someone they’ve lost. You can watch someone using the phone here in this sweet video.

The rotary phone inside has no service, no wires, and…

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