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Boomerjinks wrote:

Denver St. Patrick's Day parade!

BOXXY ?

lol

Interesting story that needs a little setup.

We all instantly recognize the Ghostbusters firehouse, which is actually Ladder 8 of the New York Fire Department in Tribeca, Lower Manhattan. What you might not know is that the interior you see on screen is actually a completely different building in Los Angeles, CA. Ladder 23 in the Toy District of downtown LA has been used in many films over the years, the interior in Ghostbusters, The Mask, Police Academy, Flatliners, and dozens of others.

Last week my buddies and I got together for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter and explore this abandoned building.



There's a man who actually lives inside the building, part caretaker, part squatter. We arranged the tour with him, but when we arrived he was a no-show for over an hour. Finally we crawled through the fence, banged on the door, and blasted the Ectos siren for a few minutes and got his attention.



Backing in, the 2k is the first Ecto to roll into the bay since 1989!










We explored every inch, with a large number of us documenting the buildings layout for the massive replica prop archive on one of our sites. We even got to try out the fire poles!









My buddy Vinny....

FUCKING LASER CONTAINMENT GRIDS, HOW DO THEY WORK?

With a brief stop just down the road at the Biltmore Hotel.





Pretty amazing opportunity, and a fucking ton of fun.

Last edited by Boomerjinks (2010-07-07 15:37:12)

Yeah, I completely spaced it on the way to California, and on the way back we were hauling ass because of a late start. Totally a FFFUUUUUUU moment.

I plan on driving to PAX next year... RACE TO St. HELENS!

Boomerjinks wrote:

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Ecto Across American begins September 2nd and runs through the 14th. We're driving from Denver to St. Louis to Atlanta for DragonCon, then to Raleigh to Washington D.C, then to Philadelphia to New York City, to Centralia to Dayton and Columbus, to Indianapolis and back to Denver. Further details coming soon!

Hey...you should set up a twitter so you can update your location from the road(if you don't have one already) I have friends along the way that would be interested in seeing this.

There is a twitter feed along with a Google Latitude map, which will show the position of the car on the road as we drive, updated constantly.

Last edited by Boomerjinks (2010-08-03 08:47:53)

Boomerjinks wrote:

We will have a twitter feed along with a Google Latitude map, which will show the position of the car on the road as we drive, updated constantly.

sweeeet...I will definitely follow you and RT like crazy

Boomerjinks wrote:

SHAZAAM

http://twitter.com/EctoTrip

Bookmarked that shit. Gonna follow you around.

New tires and wheels have been ordered. Push bar is on it's way. Motorization will be soon.

Are you following us on Twitter yet? If not, you're probably a bad person.

Follow @ectotrip, before it's too late!

Or hell, like us on Facebook - Denver Ghostbusters.

We'll be in Philly on the evening of the 7th.

We'll be doing the whole "Rocky steps" thing. You should show up and tell us where to get cheesesteaks.

OH DEAR GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?


Wait, what are those?


Finally ready to push your shit in.