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{{Infobox NRHP
 | name = 55 Central Park West
 | nrhp_type = cp
 | partof = Central Park West Historic District
 | partof_refnum = 82001189<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
 | image = 55 Central Park West (Ghostbusters Building) by David Shankbone.jpg
 | caption = 55 Central Park West and (to its left) [[Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Manhattan)|Holy Trinity Lutheran Church]]
 | location = [[Upper West Side]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], USA
 | coordinates = {{coord|40.77223447|-73.9791438|display=inline,title}}
 | locmapin = New York City#New York#USA
 | area =
 | architect = [[Schwartz & Gross]]
 | architecture = [[Art Deco]]
 | built = {{Start date|1929}}
 | added = November 9, 1982<ref name=nris/>
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'''55 Central Park West''' is a 19-floor [[housing cooperative]] on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. Built in 1929, it was designed by the architectural firm [[Schwartz & Gross]].<ref>{{Cite AIA4}}</ref> 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 the plot of the 1984 film ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' revolves heavily around it.  Although the building does not have an official name, it is often colloquially referred to as '''The Ghostbusters Building,''' '''The Shandor Building,''' '''The Shandor Apartments''' or '''Spook Central''', the fictional names it is given in the film.

==History==
Plans for the building, between 65th and 66th Streets, were filed by architectural firm [[Schwartz & 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.<ref name=nyt/>

The structure is considered to be mostly "second tier"<ref name=nymag>Gaines, Steven (November 7, 2005). [http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/vu/14943/ One Apartment, 75 Years"]. ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''. Retrieved April 3, 2007.</ref> 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 (Manhattan)|Holy Trinity Lutheran Church]]. Upon its opening ''Real Estate'' magazine praised it as resembling "[[Jungfrau]], that most beloved snowcapped Alpine peak."<ref name=nymag/>

Musician [[Rudy Vallee]] and industrial designer [[Raymond Loewy]] were two of the building's earliest residents.<ref name=nymag/> [[Ginger Rogers]] was one of its residents during her Broadway days in the early 1930s.<ref>{{cite book |first=Geoffrey |last=Lynch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJauAwAAQBAJ&dq=%2255+central+park+west%22+ginger+rogers&pg=PA111 |title=Manhattan Classic: New York's Finest Prewar Apartments |year=2014|isbn=9781616892678 }}</ref> 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]],<ref name=Atlantic/> [[Calvin Klein (fashion designer)|Calvin Klein]], [[Ring Lardner, Jr.]], and [[Marsha Mason]].<ref name="nyt2012">{{cite news|last1=Finn|first1=Robin|title=Exclusive: 55 Central Park West – Coveted by Many, Lived In by Few|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/realestate/exclusive-55-central-park-west-coveted-by-many-lived-in-by-few.html|access-date=June 3, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> 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 (music executive)|Steve Gottlieb]], who in turn listed it the week his record label TVT Records filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="nyt2012"/><ref name=lasry/> He sold the apartment to [[Marc Lasry]] (co-founder and CEO of the [[Avenue Capital Group]]) for $33 million in 2014.<ref name="nyt2012"/><ref name=lasry>{{cite news |last=Green |first=Stanley |date=January 29, 2014 |url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/01/29/marc-lasry-pays-33-million-for-a-duplex-penthouse-on-manhattans-central-park-west/ |title=Marc Lasry Pays $33 Million For a Duplex Penthouse on Manhattan's Central Park West |work=Jewish Business News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Abelson |first=Max |date=March 4, 2008 |url=http://observer.com/2008/03/central-park-wests-priciest-listingnow-you-see-it-now-you-dont/ |title=Central Park West's Priciest Listing—Now You See It, Now You Don't |work=Observer}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The building was the first fully [[Art Deco]] structure on the street.<ref name=nyt/>

===Facade===
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."<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Gray|first1=Christopher|title=Streetscapes / 55 Central Park West; The Changing Colors of an Art Deco Landmark|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/realestate/streetscapes-55-central-park-west-the-changing-colors-of-an-art-deco-landmark.html|access-date=June 3, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 11, 1999}}</ref>

===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.<ref name=nyt/>

==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.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhp>[http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5590 "Central Park West Historic District"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724051224/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=5590 |date=July 24, 2011 }}. ([[Java (Sun)|Java]]), [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/default.asp National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051112132425/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/default.asp |date=November 12, 2005 }}, New York's State and [[National Register of Historic Places]] Document Imaging Project, New York State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved April 3, 2007.</ref> It is also a contributing property to the New York City's Upper West Side / Central Park West [[Historic district (United States)#Local historic districts|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."<ref name=Atlantic>Schwarz, Benjamin (May 2005). [https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200505/schwarz2 "Eminent Domains"]. ''[[The Atlantic]]''. Retrieved April 3, 2007.</ref>

The building holds significance in American popular culture as it was prominently featured in the 1984 comedy ''[[Ghostbusters]]''. In the film, "550 Central Park West" – known also as The Shandor Building, The Shandor Apartments or "Spook Central" – was the residence of the Ghostbusters' first client, cellist [[Dana Barrett]] ([[Sigourney Weaver]]). They later learn it had been designed and constructed by insane architect and surgeon Ivo Shandor, who founded and led a secret society in 1920, The Cult of Gozer, dedicated to the worship of [[Gozer the Gozerian]].<ref name=ghost/> Since ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' first hit theaters, 55 Central Park West has been known as the "Ghostbusters Building". The building's appearance in the film differs from its actual appearance.<ref name=nymag/><ref name=ghost>{{cite video| people =[[Aykroyd, Dan]]; [[Ramis, Harold]]; [[Reitman, Ivan]] (Director)| title =[[Ghostbusters]]| medium =Film| publisher =[[Columbia Pictures]]| location =New York City}}, June 8, 1984.</ref> Eight additional floors and a large rooftop temple 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 [[gargoyle]] statues depicting the Terror Dogs, Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster.<ref name=UltimateHistory>Wallace, Daniel (October 27, 2015). ''Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History'', Insight Editions. [[San Rafael, California]]. p. 31-32, 38–39, 48. {{ISBN|978-1608875108}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/manhattan/55-central-park-west/2800 55 Central Park West] profile on City Realty.com

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[[Category:Historic district contributing properties in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Residential buildings completed in 1929]]
[[Category:Art Deco architecture in Manhattan]]
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[[Category:Central Park West Historic District]]
[[Category:Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Residential buildings in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Ghostbusters]]
[[Category:Upper West Side]]
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