The author of this article has been searching for Cleveland's last payphone in the past, following a series of questions raised on Reddit. The author's colleague, Sean McDonnell, found a working payphone at a gas station and found it at Tower City, where payphones are now just an outline in the paint. Despite initial disappointments, the article found that people still miss the payphones and missed the person on the other end. The article also found that the most common use of payphones was to call your parents to check on them when someone was doing something wrong. The final destination was Cleveland Hopkins Airport, where the author obtained a pass to access a payphone.