I saw two more of these mysterious trailers today! One even predated Verizon — it had the old NYNEX logo emblazoned on it.
Day 72
They’re everywhere!
March 11th, 2012
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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Not being from the U.S. nor being familiar with NYNEX so I’m just making a whild guess; was the NYNEX trailer white with a light green or blue stripe? Then maybe this old Q&A from NYT back in 1996 has the answer: “Everything a telephone technician needs to work on an underground cable, except a manhole.”
See http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/15/nyregion/fyi-720240.html
Wow, good call. I think that’s exactly what they are!