Chrysler Building First Floor

The chanin building was completed a few months before the completion of the chrysler building.

Chrysler building first floor. The chrysler building is a supertall skyscraper in new york city it s the first supertall buildings higher than 1000 ft built in the world the building is considered by many new yorkers as the most beautiful skyscraper in the city. In 1976 the chrysler building was declared a national historic landmark and a new york city landmark in 1978. The empire state building became the world height champ one year later spurred on by chrysler. In five heady years between 1928 and 1933 construction work was completed on the new york life building 615ft 30 rockefeller plaza 850ft 40 wall street 927ft and the chrysler building 1.

Empire state s builders first planned an 80 story tower but added six more to top chrysler by. It s a 56 floor deco gem that once had an outdoor observatory. Early photographs in my book show that many of the chrysler excavations were taken from the chanin. The private cloud club popular during prohibition occupied a three floor high space from the 66th to 68th floors and had a hidden room but it was converted to office space in the late 1970s.