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The MetLife Building is a skyscraper at Park Avenue and 45th Street, north of Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi and completed in 1962, the MetLife Building is 808 feet (246 m) tall with 59 stories.[1]

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The MetLife Building has appeared in the Documentary as a cameo and is featured in Toxic Revenge.

It was featured in Toxic Revenge in 5 days after people, when raw sewage creates methane which seeps into the subways right close to the Grand Central Terminal. It was then revealed in 10 years after people that the tracks are under the MetLife Building making it in the most danger. The methane in the tunnels below the MetLife Building are mixing with other toxic fumes. Steven S. Ross stated there a lot of volatile materials like oil and residue on the tracks below, a fair amount of kerosene fumes, gasoline fumes, alcohol fumes, and all the cleaning materials that are used to keep the tunnels dust free and grease free, and all of it are in metal cans which are subject to corrosion. Sitting over the tunnels makes the MetLife Building to absorb a dangerous cocktail of gases. Steven S. Ross stated that the volatile material in the presence of oxygen begins to oxidize, heats up, and explodes into fire at some point. A ball of flames erupts from below as the large explosion ruptures from the base of the building and shatters the silence of the abandoned New York City.

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The MetLife Building still overlooks Grand Central Terminal.

In 60 years after people, the MetLife Building is falling to pieces. The show gave information that when it was opened in 1963, the buildings 56 floors meant it stood as the 7th tallest building in the United States. After people, it will soon give up its place on Park Avenue. Steven S. Ross stated that it was built in a rather exposed area where it gets more wind and rain than a typical New York City skyscraper. It was already weakened by the methane explosion at its base and 6 decades of neglect have assaulted the buildings steel and glass facade. Steven S. Ross stated that sections of the framework peel away a piece at a time. This also means that the Grand Central Terminal is in the line of fire. Steven S. Ross expect to see sections of the facade of the MetLife Building to fall onto the roof of Grand Central Terminal.

Its fate is revealed in 150 years after people when the MetLife Building, enduring after a gas fire and shedding steel from its top floors for decades, finally breaks, causing a collapse to the skyscraper. A giant section then falls southward which tumbles onto the roof of Grand Central Terminal, and despite the attack, the 4 granite walls of Grand Central Terminal still stands.

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  • Like the Chrysler Building, the MetLife Building can be seen in the documentary in 150 years after people which shows the building heavily damaged. It can also be seen on 2 variations of Park Avenue, although the birds eye view shows the structure collapse with its steel frame remins. It was possibly retcon in order to properly introduce in Toxic Revenge.

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