Spider-Man Special Effects Artist Grant McCune Who Blew Up Roosevelt Island Tram Station Replica Dies - Watch How He Did It

 Image of Spiderman on the Roosevelt Island Tram from Roosevelt Island 360

Roosevelt Island 360 forwards link to Guardian obituary reporting on the death of Grant McCune, the Oscar winning special effects artist who created and blew up the Roosevelt Island Tram Station replica in the Spider-Man movie. From the Guardian:

... For Spider-Man (2002), he and his team built a scale model of the historic Roosevelt Island tram station in New York City, then blew it up....

Watch how the Roosevelt Island Tram Station, miniaturized and reduced to 1/8th scale of its size, was blown up for the Spiderman movie.

You Tube video of Roosevelt Island Tram Station Spiderman Explosion

More on Roosevelt Island movie making from earlier posts.