Chrysler Building

Seeing it from the outside is beautiful but after going up into it, the views are perhaps even more beautiful than the building itself. Not the most prominent building in New York but certainly one of the most spectacular. Its Art Deco style is very .. Read more »similar to that of the Empire State Building, with a rectangular lower half that narrows into a cone, ending with a spire at the top.

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The greatest skyscraper ever built (sorry Burg Khalifa, Empire State Building and One World Trade). It’s an Art Deco masterpiece-the spire, the eagle gargoyles, and radiator caps just set it off from the others. Anytime I’m biking down 2nd Avenue I j.. Read more »ust have to stop and admire its beauty.

The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco–style skyscraper located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue near Midtown Manhattan. At 1,046 feet (318.9 m), the st.. Read more »ructure was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. It is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework. As of 2018, the Chrysler is the eighth-tallest building in the city, tied with The New York Times Building. Originally a project of real estate developer and former New York State Senator William H. Reynolds, the building was constructed by Walter Chrysler, the head of the Chrysler Corporation, and served as the corporation's headquarters from 1930 until the mid-1950s. The Chrysler Building's construction was characterized by a competition with 40 Wall Street and the Empire State Building to become the world's tallest building. Although the Chrysler Building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation did not pay for its construction and never owned it; rather, Walter Chrysler decided to pay for it himself so that his children could inherit it. When the Chrysler Building opened, there were mixed reviews of the building's design, ranging from views of it as inane and unoriginal to the idea that it was modernist and iconic. Perceptions of the building have slowly evolved into its now being seen as a paragon of the Art Deco architectural style; and in 2007, it was ranked ninth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.