the Chrysler Building has been an indelible icon of the New York City skyline. Its distinct Art Deco architecture — defined by modern ornamental gargoyles and stainless steel eagles, abstract reliefs ...

Built in 1930, the Chrysler Building’s globally recognized curved pyramidal crown and spire — which tops out at 1,046 feet — are lighted in crisp white LEDs and covered in ornamental triangular ...

For 339 precious days in the 1930s, the Chrysler Building was the tallest structure in the world. In the lead up to the building’s completion, that was the prize that its owner, automobile ...