When it was completed in 1930, the 1,046-foot building was briefly the tallest in the world. In recent years, it's fallen ...

Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building briefly held the title of world’s tallest building for 11 months. It stands 1,046 ...

The Chrysler Building was one of a new type of structure called a skyscraper ... The interior core houses the elevator and mechanical systems, while the outside core has office space.

Failure to do so could result in fines of more than $1 million per year for a structure the size (and age) of the Chrysler Building ... “For an older building like that, the windows and heating ...

William Van Alen’s gleaming Art Deco masterpiece—the Chrysler Building—officially opened its doors, its stainless steel ...

building it inside the structure and out of view of the public until 40 Wall Street was complete. Once the competitor could rise no higher, the spire of the Chrysler building was raised into view ...

Ninety years ago today, architect William Van Alen stood at the foot of the newly-erected Chrysler ... a year designing a building to replace the existing five-story structure, he later discovered ...

the Chrysler’s superlative was at risk by a structure rising in tandem at 40 Wall Street. Though the New York Times reported in October 1929 that Paul Starrett, the downtown building’s ...

Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building in ... Tower as the world’s tallest structure, and was only eclipsed by the ...