Saturday's parting shot

Avenue B at Sixth Street ... and just two days after "Ghostbusters Day," which marks the anniversary of its 1984 release.

Revisiting Ray's Occult Books on St. Mark's Place

[Photo on July 7 by Derek Berg]

The "Ghostbusters" reboot is in theaters starting today ... which accounts for the multiple Ecto-1 sightings around, such as on Second Avenue and Fourth Street.

While on the topic, seems like a good time for a "Ghostbusters" flashback... to when 33 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue served as the exterior for Ray's Occult Books in "Ghostbusters 11" from 1989...


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Here's some history of the shop via the "Ghostbusters" wikia:

Ray's Occult Books is a bookstore owned and operated by Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) after the Ghostbusters were served a judicial restraining order.

Following the collapse of the Ghostbusters, Ray opened up an Occult book store; specializing in the bizarre, somewhat strange, and hard to find books. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) is a frequent customer, as demonstrated by his having an account; he has been seen buying a book titled "Magical Paths to Fortune and Power".

Unfortunately, the store's lifespan was short-lived. Citing a change in buying trends and demographics on the block, Ray closed the shop before the movie even hit theaters.

And the block today...

'Tis the season

St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue this afternoon ... photo via @TheJerkyReport

Sub-creatures! The Traveller has come! Choose and perish!

Something about about these cloudy, rainy days of late have made the new Beekman Tower downtown seem all the more... I don't know, scary? Maybe it's the service elevator going up into the otherworld...

[Headline via 'Ghostbusters']