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Moving the Musee Mecanique away from Ocean Beach.
Twenty-Five Cents of Heaven
By Woody LaBounty
April 2002
The newspapers have wrapped up the story, saying the Musée Mécanique has been saved. Local columnists are patting themselves on the back and the National Park Service acts surprised at all the fuss. Park Superintendent Brian O Neill has assured us via form letter and his public relations staff that the whole matter is being resolved.
In September the collection of antique coin-operated amusements faces eviction from its long-time home in the basement of the Cliff House, ousted by renovation work on the building. All along the way, for a decade, we were told the Musée would find itself in nicer digs, as part of the new visitor center to be constructed up the street on Merrie Way.