55 Central Park West - wikipedia 55 Central Park West 55 Central Park West U.S. Historic district Contributing property 55 Central Park West, with Holy Trinity Lutheran Church next door Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US Show all Location Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Coordinates 40 ° 46 ′ 19 '' N 73 ° 58 ′ 44 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.77194 ° N 73.97889 ° W ﻿ / 40.77194 ; - 73.97889 Coordinates : 40 ° 46 ′ 19 '' N 73 ° 58 ′ 44 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.77194 ° N 73.97889 ° W ﻿ / 40.77194 ; - 73.97889 Built 1929 ( 1929 ) Architect Schwartz and Gross Architectural style Art Deco Part of Central Park West Historic District ( # 82001189 ) Added to NRHP November 9, 1982 55 Central Park West is a 19 - floor housing cooperative located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by the architectural firm Schwartz and Gross, and built in 1929. The building is a contributing property within the Central Park West Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building holds significance in American popular culture because scenes from the 1984 film Ghostbusters were shot there. Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 2.1 Interior 2.2 Exterior 3 Significance 4 References 5 External links History Plans for the building, between 65th and 66th Streets, were filed by architectural firm Schwartz and Gross at the behest of Victor Earle and John C. Calhoun, for whom they were working. Earle, and his brother Guyon, had been actively developing the Upper West Side of New York City since the 1910s. The structure is considered to be mostly `` second tier '' by the socialite New Yorkers who occupy most of the buildings along Central Park West. It was opened as a rental property in 1930. Its neighbor to the south is the earlier Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Upon its opening Real Estate magazine praised it as resembling `` Jungfrau, that most beloved snowcapped Alpine peak. '' Musician Rudy Vallee was one of the building 's earliest residents. Ginger Rogers was one of its residents during her Broadway days in the early 1930s. Hat designer Lilly Dache with husband Jean Despres of Coty Perfume were residents following their 1931 marriage until 1935. Other residents of the building have included Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Ring Lardner, Jr., and Marsha Mason. The duplex penthouse on the 19th and 20th floors was owned by composer Jerry Herman in the 1970s, before he sold it for $1 million to Klein ( who later sold it, and then bought it again in the 1990s ). David Geffen later purchased it for $6 million, before selling it for $8.6 million to music executive Steve Gottlieb, who in turn listed it the week his record label TVT Records filed for bankruptcy. He sold the apartment to Marc Lasry ( co-founder and CEO of the Avenue Capital Group ) for $33 million in 2014. Architecture The building was the first fully Art Deco structure on the street. Interior When the building opened in 1930 it had apartments ranging from three to nine rooms, the largest of which had four bedrooms. The apartments featured a dropped living room, developed by the Earle brothers, which set the interior apart from most others constructed around the same period. An original rental brochure shows the dropped living room nearly entirely open to the entrance gallery ; traditionally the gallery was held as a different room. Exterior The exterior of the building is somewhat non-traditional. As the brick facade rises from the ground it changes shade from deep purple to yellow - white. Color was widely used during the 1920s as a tool in architecture for overall effects. The rental brochure stated : `` new modernistic design of exterior with beautiful shaded color scheme ''. The New Yorker 's architecture critic, George S. Chappell, praised the building 's use of color, said, `` the total effect is exhilarating. '' Significance The building is a contributing property to the Central Park West Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1982. It is also a contributing property to the New York City 's Upper West Side / Central Park West local historic district. Benjamin Schwarz, writing for The Atlantic, said of the buildings along Central Park West, `` no endeavor on earth is more arduous than getting into one of these buildings, '' and specifically cited the `` details of Donna Karan 's deal for her digs at 55 Central Park West. '' The building holds significance in American popular culture as it was featured prominently in the 1984 film Ghostbusters. In the film, 55 Central Park West was the residence of the Ghostbusters ' first client, cellist Dana Barrett played by Sigourney Weaver. They learn it was designed and constructed by insane architect / surgeon Ivo Shandor, who started and led a secret society, The Cult of Gozer. Consisting of over a thousand followers, The Cult was dedicated to the worship of Gozer The Gozerian, an ancient, ultra-powerful, apocalyptic being. The Gozerian Cult performed rituals on the rooftop temple as early as 1920, seeking to summon Gozer and end the world. The actual building, however, was not built until 1929. Since the building was used in the 1984 movie, it has been known as the `` Ghostbusters Building '' or `` Spook Central, '' though it was portrayed as much taller and with the rooftop demonic shrine, via the eight floors that were added to exterior shots of it via matte painting by Production designer / Art director John DeCuir. The Gozerian Temple consisted of its massive, ornate shrine, altars, obelisks and the iconic Terror Dog statues depicting demigods Zuul The Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho The Keymaster. References ^ Jump up to : National Park Service ( 2010 - 07 - 09 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ White, Norval, and Elliot Willensky. AIA Guide to New York City. New York : Crown, 2000. Print. ^ Jump up to : Gray, Christopher ( July 11, 1999 ). `` Streetscapes / 55 Central Park West ; The Changing Colors of an Art Deco Landmark ''. The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Gaines, Steven ( November 7, 2005 ). One Apartment, 75 Years ``. New York. Retrieved April 3, 2007. Jump up ^ Geoffrey Lynch. Manhattan Classic : New York 's Finest Prewar Apartments. ^ Jump up to : Schwarz, Benjamin ( May 2005 ). `` Eminent Domains ''. The Atlantic. Retrieved April 3, 2007. ^ Jump up to : Finn, Robin ( October 19, 2012 ). `` Exclusive : 55 Central Park West -- Coveted by Many, Lived In by Few ''. The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Marc Lasry Pays $33 Million For a Duplex Penthouse on Manhattan 's Central Park West '', Jewish Business News. Jump up ^ `` Central Park West 's Priciest Listing -- Now You See It, Now You Do n't '', Observer. Jump up ^ `` Central Park West Historic District ''. ( Java ), National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, New York 's State and National Register of Historic Places Document Imaging Project, New York State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved April 3, 2007. ^ Jump up to : Aykroyd, Dan ; Ramis, Harold ; Reitman, Ivan ( Director ). Ghostbusters ( Film ). New York City : Columbia Pictures., June 8, 1984. Jump up ^ Wallace, Daniel ( October 27, 2015 ). Ghostbusters : The Ultimate Visual History, Insight Editions. San Rafael, California. p. 31 - 32, 38 - 39, 48. 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