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Old 08-16-2010, 04:40 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/12...con-ny-en.html

That's saddening, that store/museum looks fantastic. It's hilarious how many American cities actually banned arcades in the 40s because they were to believed to be run by organized crime. Reminds me of what my parents told me when they didn't allow me to go into arcades as a kid. They thought they were full of gangsters and drug dealers.

Many of them were...and were a facade for much nastier stuff. And this was many many years later as well.


A great cover for bad guys...a cash business that was hard to "hear" into.
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