New York City’s Woolworth Building, at 792 ft, was the world’s tallest tower in 1929, but two skyscrapers under construction ...

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

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 ...

The Chrysler Building, a long-admired gem of New York City's skyline, could be the latest victim of the nationwide office collapse. The lease between Cooper Union, which owns the land on which the ...

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 ...

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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.