New York Preservation Through the Eyes of Ghostbusters

Scouting New York recently began a series of posts where street and city shots from New York City-based movies are compared to those same locations today.  As the author says, “this is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what New York once was and what it has become, for better or worse.”

The first installment looks at Ghostbusters and how the city has changed in the 25 years since its filming.  The two-part post (part 1, part 2) is thorough, to say the least.

This is a pretty neat way to show just how much impact conservation and preservation make in a city.

For example, that wee “Matera Canvas” advertisement in the bottom left of each photo is for a now-defunct business that began in 1907.  Someone decided to keep that up there (they went out of business sometime around 1990) and, in doing so, preserved a bit of New York history.  The little things count, people!

There are a lot of movies filmed in New York out there, but my fingers are crossed that Scouting New York does Oliver & Company next!