"Murray and Michalski had to learn the machines' ins-and-outs as well as how to maintain them on their own. They give a lot of credit to The Pinball Resource, a company that still manufactures hard-to-find parts for the vintage machines."
"New York outlawed pinball in the 1940s under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, equating it with gambling. Decades later, City Hall lifted the prohibition following a famous hearing where, 'Roger Sharpe played pinball in front of the City Council to prove it was a game of skill and not a game of chance,' explains Murray."
"Michalski says the neighborhood has a way of bringing its people and businesses together. 'There are a lot of places here in Red Hook that as much as they're a business they're also a social gathering place. Which we've tried to keep that energy here, as well.'"
"'We've assembled this funny community of different people with all their passions involved. Yeah, it's fun,' he says."
The Red Hook Pinball Museum in Brooklyn was inspired by a trip to the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ. Musicians Wesley Michalski and Kevin Murray collected vintage pinball machines from the 1800s to the 1970s. They learned to maintain the machines with help from The Pinball Resource. Pinball was outlawed in New York in the 1940s but was later legalized. The museum serves as a social gathering place, encouraging community interaction and offering free play on its machines and other analog games.
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