Ghostbusters Headquarters (interiors) Fire Station #23 225 East 5th St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Satellite Aerial Photos: * Wikimapia * Google Maps (street view)

Multimedia

• Complete widescreen screen capture from GB1
• Rear Of Firehouse Interior

"The Mask" (1994)
Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) takes his car to Ripley's Auto Finishing, which is located in the firehouse. The Ripley brothers are your stereotypical crooked auto mechanics, so later when he's transformed into The Mask, Stanley tears the place apart, and literally tears the brothers a new one.

front doors interior

inside looking towards rear

front outside night

front outside day

On the DVD audio commentary, when this scene comes up, director Chuck Russell talks about the firehouse:

"This is the building that was used in Ghostbusters as the Ghostbusters' garage. When you're on a limited budget, you've gotta find the most fascinating locations available, and go with them. Sometime's it seems like a coincidence, but really isn't. There's only certain period buildings in L.A. that are this unusual."

Outside Links

• Fire Station 23 Photo Gallery & History
• Corporation for History, Art and Culture's Efforts To Restore The LA Firehouse
• Chris Stewart Visits The LA Firehouse