While I’ve spent spare moments over the last couple of years looking for stray Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 shooting locations, Scouting New York is singularly devoted to looking for stray shooting locations for anything filmed in New York!
When I recently hit a stumper of a location, I reached out to Scouting New York’s head honcho, Nick, who is a full time , professional location scout while I’m a total dilettante at this. Sadly, he confirmed everything I sent – all my assumptions as well as the conclusion that none of those assumptions helped nail down an address: this was a tough one. It looks familiar, but herein lies the danger – it’s familiar enough that it could practically be anywhere in Manhattan (if it is in Manhattan!).
So! We’ve decided to hold a contest and turn it over to our readers to identify the location. At the Scouting New York website are shots from the film and the clues we’ve picked out. If you can identify the New York street depicted, simply send an email to nycscout@gmail.com with your name, address, and where you believe the location is (street / cross streets). From the correct answers, we will choose one winner to receive a special Ghostbusters prize pack, made up of some to-be-announced goodies! Wooh!
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Ready?
Early in the film, we find Raymond Stantz and Winston Zeddmore appearing at a children’s birthday party, their ghostbusting business having been shut down by the city. The big question: where is the street featured as the exterior of the birthday party scene?
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I found it! I found it!
It’s turned out to be a popular Christmas Eve puzzle – make sure to get your answer in to Nick, so you’re included in the draw!
I live here. I should know this. It kinda looks Upper West Side-ish
If you can post the image WITHOUT THE RED CIRCLES, it might help.
i wonder if they’ll use the same location for ghostbusters 3, as of which egon himself harold ramis confirmed that they should go into production by the summer of next year and gb 3 should be out by 2011.
Jesse, I would but I DIDN’T POST THEM. You should ask at Scouting New York to see about a clean pic, or check the PC article (linked in the post) for alternate pictures, which might help. The circles aren’t covering anything though, only calling out features.
[...] – Remember, you only have until the 10th to enter your film location detective work for the joint Scouting New York / Proton Charging contest! [...]
Jesse, they have been posted without the circles this whole time on the contest page’s website: http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1319
Found it! This was fun – just like the last find (trouble shot #1 (http://protoncharging.com/gb/2009/11/21/shot-on-site-anatomy-of-a-title-shot-partially/)
[...] joint Scouting New York and Proton Charging contest, in which we challenged eagle-eyed readers to find a particular shooting location, comes to an end on [...]
“There was a problem!
The recipient info doesn’t seem quite right. Please look it over and try again.”
-above is the message I was sent by my I.S.P. Therefore the link/email for answers to the competition cannot be processed.
what other alternative can be provided? I’ve got 2 days and no chance of winning, but what the hell.