Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building has remained ...

Personally, I feel like one of the most underrated buildings in the New York City skyline is the Chrysler Building. The ...

In a c. 1935 illustration of the Chrysler Building, a spotlight in the spire sheds its glow on the city below. Bridgeman Images As the New York Times reported in May 1929, skyscrapers had ...

Built in 1930, the Chrysler had a short-lived run as the tallest building in the city, before it was usurped ... the Grand Central-42nd St. station. New York in One Day Guided Sightseeing Tour ...

The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.

The Chrysler Building has become emblematic of the Art Deco period — and was one of the era's last architectural triumphs before the Great Depression halted New York's rapidly-changing skyline.