An Average Day at the Ghostbusters Firehouse

The consequence of being a popular New York City shooting location:

I’m embarrassed to say I’ve asked to use the pole before.

(via ProtonCharging.com)

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The Most Famous Classroom In New York City

If you believe Hollywood, every single college lecture hall in New York City looks like the one below:

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Rows of individual wooden desks and tiered seating…

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…an enormous wood-framed green chalkboard with sliding panels for additional writing space…

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Ghostbusters 2 Location Contest Winners!

The contest is now over, and we have the answer to our Ghostbusters 2 locations search! The birthday party scene occurred…

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…on East 78th Street between 1st & York Avenues! The big clue was the address of Dana Barrett’s apartment building, located just around the corner. The actual birthday building is located at 448 . . .

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Locations Contest Ends Tomorrow!

The joint Scouting New York and Proton Charging contest, in which we challenged eagle-eyed readers to find a particular shooting location from Ghostbusters II, comes to an end on Sunday at midnight!

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If you’ve e-mailed your answer and not heard back, don’t worry, your entry has been counted (that is, if you got it right!). And . . .

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The Best of New York City Horror Movies

Just in time for Halloween, we’ve put together our list of the best horror movies that take place in New York City! If you think we’ve overlooked a film, or disagree with our choices, battle it out in the comments!

Without further ado…

EVIL BREWING IN THE CITY

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Double Feature: Ghostbusters . . .

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The Film Locations of Ghostbusters (Part 2) (NY, You’ve Changed)

“New York, You’ve Changed” is a new Scouting NY site feature in which the New York depicted in movies is compared with the city of today. This is not the usual list of shooting locations and addresses to visit next time you tour the city. Instead, this is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what New York once was and what it has become, . . .

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