500 Fifth Avenue is a 60-story, 697-foot-tall (212 m) office building on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.[1]
Coverage[]
500 Fifth Avenue is featured in the documentary as a placeholder.
25 years after people, a summer storm rolls in, and on top of the structure is the copper lightning deterrent system that once protected thousands of office workers. But it has corroded & turned useless, and a single lightning bolt strike turned the entire tower into a raging inferno.
Trivia[]
- Although the documentary featured the building with a spire, in reality, 500 Fifth Avenue doesn't have one, or even a copper lightning system.[2]
- The spire used is similar to the spire of the Empire State Building but on a smaller scale.
Gallery[]
Lightning strikes the building in a loop.
The building burns from the lightning strike.
Larger render of lightning strike.
References[]
- ↑ Wikipedia: 500 Fifth Avenue
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500 Fifth Avenue in reality (left) and in the series (right). Note the documentary features a spire where it doesn't exist in reality.
