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By adamg on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 1:26pm
New York-style Essex Street sign in Chinatown

Way back in 2015, parts of Chinatown and downtown were turned into Manhattan simulacra for a remake of Ghostbusters. When they were done, the filmmakers took down all the New York signs and even a fake MTA subway entrance, but forgot to remove a New York City street sign for Essex Street at Harrison Avenue, which remains to this day as Robert Alvarez discovered.

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Chinatown
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Essex Street


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Comments

By Peat on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 1:57pm.

D'oh!

By mediagenic on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 2:41pm.

Must have been a long day in the art department, but those guys and gals work hard to make it look real.

By MrZip on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 2:57pm.

The Elevated FH station had a fake billboard inside left over from a movie (anyone know what movie?) that was there for many years. It was an Eisenhower-era PSA for using seatbelt or something like that, maybe see the US on the new interstate system, I don't recall.

By Cleary Squared on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 3:52pm.

That phony PSA was for The Brinks Job, and it hung over Dudley Square station (inbound to Boston) until the station was razed in 1987-1988.

By MrZip on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 8:28pm.

Thanks, now I recall.

By anon_wd on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 5:52pm.

That looks more like one of those 1980's/ 90's Boston signs with the Statue of Liberty part affixed to it

By anon on Sat, 01/20/2024 - 8:37pm.

What’s the fine for vandalism these days?

By anon on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 3:21am.

Hey A G....you ok?: I guess not hearing from ya since early Sat. afternoon is proof of how much I -- and I'm sure the lot of us - notice this shit.

By adamg on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 9:59am.

Sometimes news doesn't break!

By mg on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 3:12pm.

:)