Ghostbusters New York

I put this tour together to guide you through the real-world Manhattan locations from the original 1984 film and its sequels, including the famous Tribeca firehouse and Central Park landmarks.

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1. Centre Street & Chambers Street

The intersection of Centre and Chambers Streets is defined by the massive, triumphal arches of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building, which stands at one centre street. Completed in nineteen fourteen, this structure anchors the Civic…

2. FDNY Ladder 8

The three-story red brick firehouse at fourteen North Moore Street is defined by its arched vehicular entrance and a broad limestone cornice supported by elongated brackets. Completed in nineteen oh three, the building was designed by the…

3. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is defined by its massive white marble facade and the two famous marble lions, Patience and Fortitude, that flank its Fifth Avenue entrance. This Beaux-Arts landmark occupies the former site of the Croton…

4. 489 5th Ave

Four hundred eighty-nine Fifth Avenue is a thirty-four-story office tower distinguished by its narrow, striking black-and-white grid facade. Designed by the firm Kahn and Jacobs and completed in nineteen seventy-three, the building…

5. Columbus Circle

You can identify Columbus Circle by the seventy-six-foot column standing at the center of the busy intersection where Broadway, Eighth Avenue, and Central Park West converge. Atop this granite pillar, a fourteen-foot marble statue of…

6. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is defined by a massive, travertine-clad campus built around a central plaza and fountain. This sixteen-acre complex serves as the home for eleven resident organizations, including the Metropolitan…

7. Tavern On the Green

Tavern on the Green is defined by a Victorian Gothic structure built in eighteen seventy to house two hundred Southdown sheep. Designed by architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, the building served as a functional sheepfold for the…

8. Low Memorial Library

Low Memorial Library is a massive, Neoclassical structure crowned by a broad granite dome. You can identify it by its prominent temple-front entrance, which features ten fluted Ionic columns and an attic story inscribed with the words The…

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