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At the climax of Fight Club, the Narrator (Edward Norton) goes to the upper floor of a high-rise skyscraper in the city's financial district.
Specifically, he goes there for the following reasons and in the following sequence:
After realizing that he and Tyler Durden are the same person, the Narrator discovers that Project Mayhem has planted large quantities of industrial-grade explosives in the basements of several major credit card and bank buildings. Their goal is to erase the debt record of the entire population (Project Erasure). The Narrator initially goes to one of these buildings to find the explosives in the parking garage and attempt to disarm them.
While attempting to disable a bomb in a van in the parking garage, Tyler Durden (the Narrator’s alter ego) appears and stops him. After a physical struggle (which is actually the Narrator fighting himself), Tyler drags/leads the Narrator to a high-floor office space with floor-to-ceiling windows. This location serves as the vantage point from which Tyler intends for them to watch the destruction of the city's financial infrastructure.
Once at the top of the building, the Narrator realizes that Tyler is a manifestation of his own mind and that Tyler holds the detonator. Realizing he cannot win a physical fight against someone who doesn't exist, the Narrator understands that they are sharing the same body. To eliminate Tyler, the Narrator puts the barrel of a gun in his own mouth and pulls the trigger. The bullet passes through his cheek; while the Narrator survives the non-fatal wound, the "suicide" act effectively "kills" the Tyler Durden persona, as the Narrator has finally taken total control of his psyche through a desperate act of will.
The Narrator remains at the window as his subordinates (Project Mayhem members) bring in Marla Singer. Despite the Narrator’s attempt to stop the plan, he arrives too late to prevent the timers. He and Marla stand hand-in-hand at the window, watching the surrounding skyscrapers collapse as the bombs go off, signifying the destruction of the financial world and the beginning of the "Year Zero" Tyler envisioned.
The summary omits the name 'Parker-Morris Building,' which is mentioned in the script and book, but this does not impact the accuracy of the plot summary.
At the climax of the film, the Narrator goes to the Parker-Morris Building (a high-rise in the financial district). He initially goes to the parking garage to disarm the bomb and stop Project Mayhem's plan to destroy credit card records. However, his alter ego, Tyler Durden, fights him and forces him to the top floor office to serve as a vantage point to witness the destruction of the surrounding buildings. There, the Narrator shoots himself to kill the Tyler persona, then watches the financial district crumble with Marla Singer.