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They took off the boxes themselves that had the little telephone in it.
So it just kind of looked like a little blank piece of Victoriana street furniture that ... a lot of people had no idea what that was.
But that changed in 2000 when members of the nonprofit Cultural Tourism DC founded a project called “Art on Call.” They gave city officials a cheaper and more creative way to deal with the iron relics:
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Items related to the Victorian era, especially collectibles.
“To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the comforts of a modern car on a winter's morning.”