Creepy and Delightful Vintage Arcade in San Francisco

Creepy and Delightful Vintage Arcade in San Francisco | KQED Arts

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3 жыл бұрын

Antique arcade Musée Mécanique has provided entertainment to San Franciscans and tourists alike for nearly a century. But the pandemic almost marked its end. The short documentary 'Nostalgia Museum' provides an intimate portrait of owner Dan Zelinsky as he struggles to keep the legacy of this iconic San Francisco institution alive in the face of economic loss and mechanical deterioration.
A film by Sofie Kodner & Eleonora Bianchi
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@kqedarts 3 жыл бұрын

Have you visited the Musee Mecanique in San Francisco? What's your favorite "deserve to preserve" spot in the Bay Area?

@mcdtropicalfishandaquarium8993 3 жыл бұрын

Many times when I was a kid. I want to go back but been avoiding San Francisco due the rise in homelessness and crime rate in the city.

@AllLinesAreBeautiful 2 жыл бұрын

We love living in the Bay Area and can't wait to visit this!

@jacknjill3000 Ай бұрын

Yes I have and try to go there as often as I can when at the Wharf. Chrissy Fields is really nice now with the new park areas and the original lagoon recreated. Oh and someone said there used to be a Burger kings in the Presidio with a great view that I never knew about.

@kentaotsuki1331 3 жыл бұрын

its actually open now, and absolutely packed.

@gerry7749 3 жыл бұрын

I've just watched this video at home in Scotland. I found it moving and saddening that such delights might disappear forever if the arcade were to shut. I'm glad it has re-opened and I wish the owner well for the future.

@ps.iloveyou4ever 3 жыл бұрын

I love this place!!! I like to imagine all the people that have played the games through out the decades and how much joy it brought them. ☺️😌

@matthewm7540 Жыл бұрын

Where u at cutie

@Mr19thcenturyman Жыл бұрын

Was there last year after reopening. My wife loved it. Even got our pictures taken in one of the booths. A great museum that entertains.

@jimcox4728 3 жыл бұрын

I remember playland by the beach.

@kimpeterson1268 2 жыл бұрын

Great mini-documentary! I wish there was more!

@josephchacon8305 3 жыл бұрын

This is where I've brought friends family and dates. My favorite is the Opium Den.

@bluejh9473 3 жыл бұрын

One of thee best parts of san francisco

@oldsoulmel6186 3 жыл бұрын

What a cool looking place

@NC-nx7ef 2 жыл бұрын

I love this place

@keithwukmir4452 3 жыл бұрын

San Franciso the place where free love was a wonderful footnote in time of History. Old guys rule but Young people are beautiful.

@celifacejones 3 жыл бұрын

This was pretty cool and interesting. But 3:54 is nightmare fuel.

@kqedarts 3 жыл бұрын

That machine is called "Laffing Sal" and she's been terrorizing kids (and, let's face it, adults) for almost 100 years.

@celifacejones 3 жыл бұрын

@@kqedarts So it's haunted, too. Coolcoolcool.

@briandoan3837 3 жыл бұрын

Her sibling is down at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwwalk.

@Nico-yi2bi 3 жыл бұрын

@@kqedarts She was also at the funhouse in Coney Island. She scared the crap outta me. That laugh brought back a lot of memories. ....shivers...lol

@djjamad1416 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted a pinball machine. Now I just might after watching this

@tomroop3718 3 жыл бұрын

A little History on Laffing Sal and where she is at or been in this wikipedia essay.Laffing Sal (sometimes incorrectly called "Laughing Sal") was produced by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) of Germantown, Pennsylvania during the 1920s and early 1930s. PTC subcontracted fabrication of the figures to the Old King Cole Papier Mache Company of Canton, Ohio.[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffing_Sal

@kqedarts 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the backstory! We're lucky to have at least 3 Laffing Sals in the Bay Area: One at Musee Mecanique, one at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, and one formerly housed at El Cerrito's Playland-Not-at-the-Beach. Does anyone know where to find others (Besides in your nightmares)?

@PaulWesleyBowen 2 жыл бұрын

I was aghast when the mechanical gadgetry from Playland that had been moved to the Cliff House had a fire. Very sad.

@Julian-gt3qy 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite is the arm wrestler.

@lanceolson9366 3 жыл бұрын

Ski ball was my favorite

@elchinski 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I’m in the bay I have to stop by here… my dad took me as a kid and now I take my own kids….

@ponchlocz6609 3 жыл бұрын

Are used to go to the arcade a lot as a kid then go visit the pirate ship docked on the bay

@mcdtropicalfishandaquarium8993 3 жыл бұрын

People are coming to coast more for scenery rather the history and it's a sad thing. People when you visit cities with a lot of history like San Francisco take some time to visit some these historic sites for a glimpse of what San Francisco was like back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

@lilcricket4379 Жыл бұрын

Torn most of our lovely antiquity down. The hidden technology of our mud floods & fires

@chinoching-topic 3 жыл бұрын

Demons and the devil is real just like god and angels are real I been to this old school classic arcade love the boxing ring

@Hengel_Andrews 3 жыл бұрын

So potentially there are 50 of these still left in every state? 2500 of a thing isn’t rare, yet I have no idea where to find one off the top of my head.

@celestialnubian 3 жыл бұрын

No, that 2,500 number probably includes places like restaurants with 1 machine for decor. Establishments like Musée Mécanique with a large, loved and maintained collection are rare.

@lilcricket4379 Жыл бұрын

The once Cliff House jewel when seals were at seal rock and you could fish out there tide permitting, least not Camera Obscura and the seafood fare & dry martini of said establishment. 🏵️💖🌈😘