Chrysler Building Observation Floor
Apart from the observation deck there was a private lunch club called cloud club at 66th to 68th floors.
Chrysler building observation floor. Chrysler building public observation deck gets the go ahead by matt hickman may 22 2020 east in brief fly like an eagle. Aby rosen s rfr realty and architecture firm gensler received unanimous approval from the. The last observation deck at the chrysler building closed in 1945. The landmarks preservation commission lpc unanimously approved.
An observation deck is returning to the chrysler building as part of plans to overhaul the iconic art deco skyscraper drawing inspiration from the 77 story office tower s once famous. When the building opened in 1930 there was an observation deck called celestial on the 71st. In april 2019 the new owner of the chrysler building said he will incorporate a new observation deck to the building in an effort to revitalize the building which he views as a sleeping beauty. It s the chrysler building s time to shine.
Now it s getting a new one. Observation deck coming back to 61st floor of iconic chrysler building may 22 2020 at 5 38 am filed under. Chrysler building local tv manhattan new york. There were observation decks in the past.
You can read about the plans here. The chrysler building has proposed to integrate an observation deck that would have minimal visual impact on the appearance of the art deco skyscraper. Admission to new york city s newest observation deck edge at hudson yards. Does the chrysler building have an observation deck.
Designed by gensler the project involves. Two days later the empire state building s co developer former governor al smith announced the updated plans for that skyscraper with an observation deck on the 86th floor roof at a height of 1 050 feet 320 m higher than the chrysler s 71st floor observation deck at 783 feet 239 m. In 2020 the chrysler building was given the go ahead to open a public observation deck though no exact date has been set.