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The firehouse was selected as the base of the Ghostbusters for the 1984 film after an early draft of the script envisioned the Ghostbusters as a public service much like the fire department. [1] Reportedly, the firehouse was chosen because the writer and actor Dan Aykroyd knew the area and liked the building.
The building holds significance in American popular culture as it was prominently featured in the 1984 comedy Ghostbusters. In the film, "550 Central Park West" – known also as The Shandor Building, The Shandor Apartments or "Spook Central" – was the residence of the Ghostbusters' first client, cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver).
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray , Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman , Ray Stantz , and Egon Spengler , three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City .
Ahead of the release of a new Ghostbusters movie – and four decades after the original hit cinemas – Richard Franks ‘set jets’ into the Big Apple for a tour of the films’ starring locations
Aykroyd played paranormal investigator Ray Stantz in the original Ghostbusters film, hunting ghosts alongside fellow ghostbusters Murray, 74, Ernie Hudson, 78, and the late Harold Ramis, who died ...
However, he snagged a breakout role in 1984 in Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore, which he is remembered for to this day. However, Hudson wasn’t the studio’s first choice for the now iconic role.
After 50 years of operation, the station was closed in 1960 as the department began replacing older stations with new facilities. Since the 1980s, Fire Station No. 23 has been a popular filming location. Motion pictures filmed at the station include the Ghostbusters movies, The Mask, Police Academy 2, Flatliners, Firehouse and National Security.
The Ghostbusters use a specialized set of equipment in the 1984 film, and all subsequent Ghostbusters fiction includes similar equipment to aid in the capture and containment of ghosts. Their equipment includes proton packs , used to control and lasso ghosts; ghost traps, used to capture ghosts; and PKE meters, handheld devices used to detect ...