[Pharmboy]

A little NYC history with a Kansas connection...

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Cagey]

Thanks for posting this interesting story. I've always thought the Chrysler building is the most outstanding building in New York's incredible skyline even though it's played second fiddle to the Empire State Building for so many years.

Height isn't everything.

[Lazamataz]

Oh great. You know bin Laden lurks here! Now he's got a new target!

[Larry Lucido]

Interesting story, but they left out the little-known part where Van Alen belts Chrysler then demands Severance pay.

[BluH2o]

Interesting ... many people driving on the northern end of the New Jersey turnpike looking east at the NYC skyline at night mistake the Chrysler Building for the Empire State building. The Chrysler Building has a distinctive shape and stands out prominently in the nighttime lights of the city ... and if you're just passing thru, not familiar with the NYC skyline, it's easy to confuse the two.

[beaver fever]

That's a tribute to the Chrysler Building?

The Chrysler is the jewel in the crown of Art Deco architecture.

Walter P. Chrysler's original hand made railroad apprentice tools and toolbox are still on display in the lobby unless the world has come to an end.

If that's the NYT's tribute to the aniversity of the Walter P and the Chrystler Building then the NYT is populated by enfants who are ignorant of American history or openly hostile to it.

Walter P is one of the greats of 19th century American industrialists, even greater than Ford.

[Jhensy]

Most beautiful skyscraper on earth. I still marvel at it every day walking to and from Grand Central. Even better at night, especially a foggy night.

[Jhensy]

Wow, just found a great website where skyscraper buffs rate the top 100 buildings. Lots of photos, some amazing Asian ones you've never seen.

Chrysler Building still #1, though. Enjoy.

Best Skyscrapers on Earth

[M. Espinola]

Manhattan 'Island' -1933

[I still care]

One of my favorite artistic pieces of trivia is that the Chrysler radiator cap is on the sides of the building. Look here-

and here

[Amalie]

A great structure; in the extensive Chrylser biography done a couple of years, the whole story of the building and its structural design is given. It is well worth the read if you can find a copy. Also, I am almost certain the tools are now at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich.; they were there the last time I was up. Many of them were actually designed and made by Chrysler himself for his railroad work.

After his railroad work, Chrysler made his fortune working with Billy Durant at Buick, then helped turn around a couple of ailing auto builders before consolidating the pieces for the new Chrysler Corporation in 1924; Dodge came on board shortly after. He was the last of the era of pioneer automotive giants, and was well-known as a hands-on guy who could do just about any job his men at the plant could.

[the invisib1e hand]

that's a great

little graphic! It would be so much easier to avoid the NYT altogether if they never ran stuff like that.

[Miss Behave]

Pharmboy, thank you for posting this. The Chrysler Building is my most VERY favorite skyscraper. It is STUNNING in any light...day or night...a superbly magestic work of art.

Happy Birthday, Tall Beautiful Lady.

[GVnana]

Still the most beautiful skyscraper ever constructed.

[M. Espinola]

Source

[LibFreeOrDie]

The most remarkable photo of the Chrysler Building to me has always been the photo of Margaret Bourke-White, the famous photographer, out on one of the gargoyles!

http://www.cultframe.com/dynamic/image.asp?img=..//img/upload/mostra-bourkewhite-chrysler-gr.JPG%20&didascalia=+Margaret+Bourke%2DWhite+sul+Chrysler+Building%3Cbr%3ETIMEPIX%2F%A9Contrasto

[Rockitz]

I've stayed at both of the "W" hotels on 39th with beautiful views of the Chrylsler building and many fond memories.