New York, You’ve Changed: Ghostbusters then and now

[darth los]

http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1048






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[bassman]

Heh. I thought about posting this earlier today, but figured I would be hung because of my love of GB.

That being said, it is an interesting article even if it weren't my favorite film. I like reading/seeing these kind of "where are they now" set pieces....

One day I'll go to NYC and see all these spots...

[kortick]

Do they show where this part was filmed?
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/kortick/arbgh.gif

[bassman]

Do they show where this part was filmed?

Either 55 Central Park West, or the backlot where they created the first few floors of the buildings and the collapsable street.:D

[krakenslayer]

Do they show where this part was filmed?
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/kortick/arbgh.gif

I could watch that all day! :lol:

[MikePizzoff]

Pretty cool article. Keep us updated when part 2 comes out!

[Rottedfreak]

It was all shot in LA.

[bassman]

It was all shot in LA.

Negative. Alot of Ghostbusters was shot in NYC, but then they returned to LA for the soundstages and a few interiors.

[AcesandEights]

Cool article

I missed my chance to see the old fire house this last winter (a bunch of people went to an Indian restaurant close by, iirc).

However, I do walk by the old lions just about everyday...

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/DougOBrien/3939494993_95ce59769a.jpg

[bassman]

Keep us updated when part 2 comes out!

PART DOS (http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1056)

[darth los]

Heh. I thought about posting this earlier today, but figured I would be hung because of my love of GB.

That being said, it is an interesting article even if it weren't my favorite film. I like reading/seeing these kind of "where are they now" set pieces....

One day I'll go to NYC and see all these spots...



we were actually talking the other day that we take living in NYC for granted. There are countless things like this people could go see here in the city, we just don't.


Hearing you lament that you can't makes me feel I should appreciate where i live more.






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[AcesandEights]

Goddamn, that's a lot of work put into to track some of these more obscure places down.

[bassman]

Hearing you lament that you can't makes me feel I should appreciate where i live more.


Living in NYC.....do you have any idea how many classic films have been shot there?!? I know you do - just saying. There's countless spots...

[darth los]

Living in NYC.....do you have any idea how many classic films have been shot there?!? I know you do - just saying. There's countless spots...


You know what would be fun? As long as it doesn't get rediculous I could could take some pics of some of these locales you speak of and post them on here.

All you would have to do is tell me where they are. Any suggestions?








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[bassman]

You know what would be fun? As long as it doesn't get rediculous I could could take some pics of some of these locales you speak of and post them on here.

All you would have to do is tell me where they are. Any suggestions?


Dude....I would pay you whatever you wanted to go to Hook and Ladder 8 for me. They have the GB2 sign inside their firehouse and they give out their company tshirts with the logo to fans that actually come to visit. They used to, anyway.

So send me a shirt!:lol:

Seriously though....don't worry about it. One day I'll make the trip myself and get my pictures. (in full costume, of course):cool:

[BillyRay]

Loved these articles.

The only time I ever made it out to Manhattan (so far) was in 2000; so Times Square had already been claimed by Disney & the Bowery was full of condos.

But I had the advantage of a host who'd lived there his whole life. And like any native New Yorker, was an expert on all things about the NYC.:)

We went on so many walking tours of different neighborhoods, it seems like around every corner is something I've seen in a book, on TV, or in a movie. Brilliant.

We did the CBGB tour of the Lower East Side(with a buddy of his who saw the Ramones play back in the day), the Superhero tour of Midtown(I did not know that Avengers Mansion was based on a real building!), and all the time they too were lamenting the loss of the "grit" that used to define that burg.

Good find, Darth.

[darth los]

Dude....I would pay you whatever you wanted to go to Hook and Ladder 8 for me. They have the GB2 sign inside their firehouse and they give out their company tshirts with the logo to fans that actually come to visit. They used to, anyway.

So send me a shirt!:lol:

Seriously though....don't worry about it. One day I'll make the trip myself and get my pictures. (in full costume, of course):cool:


I would actually love to do it for myself as well. You only live once man.
And thinking about it, it's a travesty that I haven't done it.

Get me the adresss and I'll get it done!! :sneaky:







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[bassman]

Get me the adresss and I'll get it done!! :sneaky:


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It's in Tribeca. It's the Hook & Ladder #8 firehouse. 14 N Moore St, New York, NY.

And if you ever do go and visit, don't expect it to be the same interior as the films. The interiors were shot at a similar firehouse in LA. H&L #8 was just the exterior.

[kortick]

Im actually going to NYC in a few weeks.

I used to go there when Times Square was
a real filth pit. God u don't know what u missed.

I was staying with a friend Omer on West 77th for
a while, and one night he went out and broke into
Yoko Onos apt at the Dakota.
"I'll be right back" he said.
The crazy bastard got on the roof and lowered himself
down to her floor with a rope.
Omer looked like a mix between Mick Jagger and
Charles Manson.

I tell people this and they dont beleive me so
I found the NY Times link.
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/20/nyregion/intruder-leaves-photo-in-yoko-ono-s-home.html

Then a few days later we went on the Howard Stern show
back when he was on in the afternoons.
Howard wanted to know all about his break in.
I wish I had a tape of that show.

I saw Omer in San Francisco last time I was in Cali.

Ah New York City.
Truly a happening place.