NYC Hook and Ladder No. 8 to Potentially Close Its Doors

Yup, the actual firehouse used in the Ghostbusters movie and then as the model of the headquarters seen in the Real Ghostbusters cartoon, comics, and video game franchises is on the list of firehouses in jeopardy thanks to proposed New York City budget cuts.

I guess the biggest irony in this potentially tragic tale - for pop culture fans and at risk NYC inhabitants, alike - is that a building made famous in the 1980s for being an "abandoned" firehouse has been fully functional the whole time (the company was amongst the first to respond on 9/11) and it is now back in the public eye because it may become an abandoned firehouse.

To read all about it click on over to the New York Post.

In other cartoon building news: Castle Grayskull has been scheduled for demolition to make way for a new upscale boutique specializing in fur bikinis, ornamental laser pistols, and other He-Man memorabilia. The Sorceress, who was evicted after the rent became too high for her to afford, could not be reached for a comment, though there was a giant orange pigeon found choking on a Starbucks biscotti in an alley adjacent to the soon-to-be demolition site.