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This phone booth in Germantown is meant for speaking with the dead

The Thread, a public grief installation, opened in Germantown’s Vernon Park last weekend.

Janice Tosto, 59, of Germantown, Radio host of Grief Journeys, calls one her friends, Josh, who died by suicide at the new The Thread art installment at Vernon Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Janice Tosto, 59, of Germantown, Radio host of Grief Journeys, calls one her friends, Josh, who died by suicide at the new The Thread art installment at Vernon Park in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, July 20, 2024.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer