THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler
Building was the world’s tallest building for 11 months before it was
surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler
Building was the world’s tallest building for 11 months before it was
surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler
Building's stainless-steel cladding is ribbed and riveted in a radiating sunburst
pattern with many triangular vaulted windows, transitioning into smaller
segments of the seven narrow setbacks of the facade of the terraced crown.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler Building is renowned and recognized for its terraced crown.
Composed of
seven radiating terraced arches, Van Alen’s design of the crown is a cruciform
groin vault constructed into seven concentric members with transitioning
setbacks, mounted up one behind the other.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
Standing 1047
feet high, the Chrysler Building houses 77 floors, including a lobby
three stories high.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler
Building was designed by architect William Van Alen for a project of
Walter P. Chrysler.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL OF COMMERCE IN THE WORLD
The Chrysler
Building is an art deco skyscraper on the east side of Manhattan
at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue.