Charles Deveaux's rooftop

Charles Deveaux's rooftop
Location:	New York, NY
Purpose:	Residential

Peter follows Claude to the rooftop of Charles Deveaux's apartment building in New York, NY.

Notable Residents

• Pigeons

Notable Visitors

• Claire Bennet
• Mr. Bennet
• Simone Deveaux
• The Haitian
• Ando Masahashi
• Isaac Mendez
• Hiro Nakamura
• Kaito Nakamura
• Peter Petrelli
• Claude Rains
• Thompson

About

The Fix

Peter tells Claude that he needs to learn to control his power like Claude does. Claude tells him it can't be controlled. Peter insists saying that if he doesn't learn to control it then he will explode and destroy New York City. He tells Claude that he feels he met him for a reason: so he could teach him how to stop him from exploding. Claude claims that there's no way to control the powers. Peter tells him that there must be something he can do and Claude offers to kill him and solve his problem. He leaves and tells Peter not to try to find him.

Distractions

Simone is upset when she sees an unfinished painting of her father's rooftop overlooking a seemingly post-apocalyptic New York City. She fulfills another prophetic painting when she visits Isaac on the rooftop, where he laments that the city he has grown to love is going to be destroyed, and there's nothing he can do to stop it. Simone tells him that he wouldn't have been given his power if there were nothing he could do. Claude and Peter watch the two embrace, and Claude attempts to make Peter realize his power by pushing Peter off the rooftop.

Unexpected

On the roof, Claude teaches Peter to call up and control his absorbed powers. In Isaac's studio, Mr. Bennet names the Deveaux building when referring to a painting with the characteristic Baroque designs. He and the Haitian go to the roof and use infrared imaging goggles to find the invisible Peter and Claude feeding pigeons. They shoot tasers at the two men, but Peter stops time, cancels the momentum of the taser bolts and then unexpectedly flies away, saving Claude.

Company Man

On the roof, Mr. Bennet is instructed by Kaito Nakamura that he will be the surrogate father of Claire, whom they found while trying to find the "firestarter". Claude wishes Bennet "Happy Fathers' Day" in Japanese.

Parasite

Hiro and Ando teleport and time-travel to the rooftop. It is a year or more after the explosion has ravaged New York City. Already several new skyscrapers are under construction, though incongruously, very little of the ruins have been demolished or cleared.

Five Years Gone

Upon returning to the present, Hiro and Ando find themselves on the rooftop once more and are delighted to see the New York skyline restored.

Memorable Quotes

"There's something about this roof."

"You and I spent a lot of time up here."

"I mean, it's connected with what's happening. It's important somehow."

- Isaac Mendez, Simone (Distractions)

Notes

• Charles's building's street address is 210 (One Giant Leap). The street (assuming Charles Deveaux's apartment is in the same building) is Central Park West (Nothing to Hide). This address is clearly fictitious, as it would place the building in Theodore Roosevelt Park, adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History.[1]
• Claude Rains cares for birds on the rooftop. It is unclear whether his residence is here or elsewhere.
• According to Greg Beeman's blog, the Deveaux roof is a major location in the series. He added, "In upcoming episodes this will be scene [sic] in the past, the present and the future. In it's [sic] glory, in mild disrepair and in destruction."

Trivia

• The building is 30 stories tall.

Gallery

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  Behind ornate rooftop designs, Peter insists that he's not trying not to die.
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  Despondent with Claude's apathy, Peter ponders his fate.
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  Simone is shocked to see Isaac's painting of a post-apocalyptic view from the roof.
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  Simone sees this painting and goes to the roof.
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  Isaac and Simone share a tender moment atop Charles Deveaux's building.
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  Claude pushes Peter off the roof.
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  Claude and Mr. Bennet talk about a mission that ended in fire.
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  Members of the Company meet on the rooftop in 1992.
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  Mr. Bennet holds his daughter for the first time.
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  Hiro and Ando visit the rooftop in the future.