Sarah Gelbard, PhD (she/her) · @sbg_arch
478 followers · 673 posts · Server urbanists.social

"Americans once sipped coffee and ate pie around communal tables, sharing their struggles and dreams with strangers at Horn & Hardart’s iconic Automat. Lifetimes ago, these working class palaces nourished a sense of unity that bridged the diversity of class, language, gender and race in the urban melting pots of the East Coast."

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Last updated 1 year ago

Sarah Gelbard, PhD (she/her) · @sbg_arch
478 followers · 672 posts · Server urbanists.social

I watched yesterday and then pleasantly surprised to see one featured as a set in the final episode of that I watched last night. Perfect timing. I felt a deep connection with the setting choice that I might have missed otherwise.

Super interesting and highly recommended documentary. I saw the trailer last year when I was developing the syllabus for a course on the of but I don't think it was released yet.

automatmovie.com/

#theautomat #documentary #mrsmaisel #sociology #thirdplaces

Last updated 1 year ago

J. Ruth Kaye · @jkinnh
34 followers · 131 posts · Server newsie.social

I wonder if it was the occasional childhood Horn and Hardart visits before a Broadway show (when not Rosoff's) that taught me to enjoy vending machines. youtu.be/HWNkIsLEny4

#theautomat #documentaries #hornandhardart

Last updated 2 years ago

Chris Lambert πŸ†‘ · @lambertman
40 followers · 112 posts · Server mstdn.social

I’m not sure it’s a clear case of β€œif you liked that, you’ll like this”, but I also greatly enjoyed , which is both a love letter to the old NYC dining institutions, and a cheeky documentary about its own creation. And it’s got copious amounts of Mel Brooks! Free on or a $2 rental on Amazon.

#notapaidad #hbomax #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

RumTikiBeach :livingseas: · @RumTikiBeach
17 followers · 33 posts · Server worldkey.io

Thanks to all who posted about . Just watched it. Very enjoyable, but sad to have never seen one. πŸ™

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Last updated 2 years ago

Bill Burnam · @stilgar
56 followers · 27 posts · Server noc.social

@raquelstecher Thanks for posting about this! I just ordered the DVD and have it on my watchlist as soon as I get off holiday!

#theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

Will McKinley · @willmckinley
591 followers · 311 posts · Server mstdn.social

Is it weird that I wept while watching a documentary about automats?

's lyrical and nostalgic (2021) is streaming on the Watch TCM app.

If you're like me, it will make you wish you had been born decades earlier.

#lisahurwitz #FilmMastodon #classicfilm #Documentary #TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

Schlockluster Video · @SchlocklusterVideo
284 followers · 487 posts · Server mstdn.party

I really don't think any other documentary has made me long for a cup of coffee like The Automat ... and I've seen multiple documentaries specifically on coffee over the years!
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#TCMParty #theautomat #documentaries

Last updated 2 years ago

Nice additional background on the Horn & Hardart presence in the Philadelphia area cardboardamerica.org/2017/01/1

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

I guess if Howard Schultz had been elected president he could have mandated every public school cafeteria to be converted to

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

I worked at 600 Third Ave (39th st) 1982-84 and that last H&H was only 3 short blocks away. It was always busy. And IIRC they had a liquor license!

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

Lisa · @footenotes
77 followers · 64 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Wow - was amazing

#theautomat #tcmparty

Last updated 2 years ago

SP Rankin · @quaintirene
9 followers · 15 posts · Server mstdn.ai

I mean, 50 different kinds of pie for a couple of nickels. I would never leave.

#theautomat #tcmparty

Last updated 2 years ago

H&H became the biggest franchisee of Burger King in New York. Old automats converted to other formats.

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

I love the slogan but TBH, today’s public only appreciates two things: CHEAP and FAST.

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

You can order these from retrophilly.com

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

The hoity-toity H&H Restaurant at 54th St and City Line Avenue in Philadelphia (Wynnefield). My grandparents would go there and my grandfather nickname it β€œThe Mink Ranch” because all the Wynnefield ladies would wear their mink stoles.

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

John Travolta goes to the Horn & Hardart Retail Shop - the last one in Philadelphia 30th St Station. I used to go by it all the time when I was at @penn@twitter.com

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

Daniel Kochanowicz · @Blueskyfox
171 followers · 345 posts · Server mstdn.social

I have only a vague memory of being in a Horn & Hardart automat in Philly as a youngen. But I definitely remember my Mom coming home from a Philly shopping trip and bringing home cakes and tarts in that Horn & Hardart box, always tied closed with string.

#TCMParty #theautomat

Last updated 2 years ago

Shelley · @shortbuslife
54 followers · 62 posts · Server ohai.social

β€œHide the silverware, here come the actors!” made me snort laugh. πŸ˜‚


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Last updated 2 years ago