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RIP Steve Epstein

By CrazyLevi

3 years ago


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    #1 3 years ago

    While a name most here won’t recognize, steve is an NYC, industry, and competitive pinball hero. He founded PAPA and his Broadway City arcade at 51st and Broadway is the stuff of Big Apple legend. Unfortunately before my time I never got to enjoy it.

    RIP steve we will miss you. I had the pleasure of speaking with him on the phone last week to add to the chorus of support. He knew how much we all loved him! Thanks for getting the ball rolling so to speak on so much of this stuff we enjoy and celebrate.

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    #3 3 years ago

    Steve at NYCPC 2018 - he gave us lots of free advice and support and took us out for Chinese food. What a mensch!!

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    #6 3 years ago
    Quoted from dmarston:

    Steve was looking forward to attending Pintastic New England this year, before we had to cancel. I was talking with him a few months ago about topics for reminiscences at (what would have been) the 2020 show. I first met Steve in the late 1980s, when pinball fandom as we know it was beginning to come together. He was known as a pro-pinball operator then, but he did so much else after that. I knew that there were so many things he did for pinball that we would have to get the topics organized for a fireside chat. Some of his contributions may get overlooked, but this thread is a good first step to gather the memories.
    In addition to PAPA and the Broadway Arcade, I'll remember Steve for the hardcopy magazine called The Flipside, keeping the Century Club going (a trade group of industry veterans), and his role in founding Modern Pinball NYC. When PAPA tournaments were held in New York, he was relentless in getting media coverage that helped keep pinball visible.
    .................David Marston

    Yeah it’s amazing all the press he got for those events. Every local news channel and several national news channels covered it. He got pinball on the Today show...several times!

    #10 3 years ago
    Quoted from LukyDuck:

    Are you in one of the photos CrazyLevi? I see you on the forums a lot and always like to put a face to a name.
    Sorry for everyone’s loss. I never knew the man.

    Not me, one of my partners at Never Beef. I look more like a younger Brad Pitt.

    #29 3 years ago

    Thanks for posting. Love hearing about the old days.

    I liked Steve’s explanation, that you take notice as a kid when adults are impressed.

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