People gloss over details all the time. As a case in point: it wasn't the author of the linked article written in 2017 that walked past the phone booth with his

People gloss over details all the time. As a case in point: it wasn't the author of the linked article written in 2017 that walked past the phone booth with his 3 year old, it was author Peter Ackerman who used it as inspiration for his childrens book. The book was published in 2010, but it's not clear when he wrote it or when he received the inspiration to do so.