Chrysler Building
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The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall, Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Av
The Chrysler Building in May 2009
The building's distinctive Art Deco crown and spire
The lower walls are clad with white brick, interrupted by white-marble bands in a manner similar to a basket weaving.
Hood ornaments (31st floor)
40 Wall Street
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40 Wall Street is a 927-foot-tall neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Erected in 1929–1930 a
Chrysler Building
…Chrysler, the head of the Chrysler Corporation. The construction of the Chrysler Building, an early skyscraper, was characterized by a competition with 40 Wall Street and the Empire State Building to become the world's tallest building. The Chrysler Building was designed and funded by Walter Chrysler personally as a…
40 Wall Street in December 2005
Photo of the Manhattan Company Building c. 1930
Wall Street facade
View of the lower stories