Los Angeles Central Library shot as New York Public Library in original Ghostbusters (1984) film. Last week, news broke that The New York Public Library had finally caved in to public and critical outcry and would indeed save the stacks in the main branch of the library at Bryant Park. For this week’s film locations column, we’re looking back to the first ghostbusters film from 1984. In the movie, New York City faces an outbreak of paranormal activity of “alleged ghost sightings,” and the first sighting happens in the New York Public Library. New York Public Library 489 5th Ave New York The librarian in the foreground in the image rolls a cart of books on her way to the stacks of the New York Public Library. There, she encounters a ghost which she later reports to Ghostbusters, a three-man team of scientists who worked as parapsychology professors before they were laid off. The library, which opened in 1911, was conceived of by… Read More