Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York City NY United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1928 | | Finished | 1930 | | Floor Count | 77 | | Floor Area | 111,201 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - pole | | Architectural Style | | - art deco | | Materials | | - masonry | | - steel | | - stone | | - marble | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 1046 ft | | Building lobby exhibition | | | An exhibition in the building's lobby reports the height as 1046' 4.5" | | | | | Roof | | 925 ft | | | | | Bottom of the spire | | | | | Top floor | | 858 ft | | New York Department of Buildings | | | 77th floor | | | | | Observation deck | | 783 ft | | | | | 71st floor; now no longer open but leased to tenants. | | |
Description
Companies
• Owner(s): TMW Real Estate, Tishman Speyer Properties.
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Facts & Description
• Tallest building in the world from 1930 to 1931.
• Originally, the building had an observation deck, this deck was closed when the Empire State Building opened and has since been converted into office space.
• Cost: $15 million.
• The Chrysler Corporation moved out and sold the building in the mid-1950s.
• William Van Alen designed a 185ft (56.3m) spire, inspired by a car radiator grill, which was raised to the top in 90 minutes, surpassing 40 Wall Street, and the Eiffel Tower as the tallest structure in the world.
• 391,831 rivets were used to make the Chrysler Building.
• The "Cloud Club" was a private lounge area at the top of the building where people could rest and in the times of prohibition, had a hidden room. On the 2nd floor of the Cloud Club, Chrysler had a private lounge.
• The 71st floor observation deck has triangular windows, with the walls having stars and the lights appeared as saturn. It is now leased to tenants.
• In 1945 the observation deck was closed, the Cloud Club followed in the 1970's.
• When the Chrysler Building was being fixed up, they found that all 3,800 windows were fine. The spire however leaked which was fixed, renovation was finished in 2002.
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