The Chrysler Building, on Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street, was completed in the spring of 1930, but the most significant triumph in its construction had occurred several months before.

Construction workers on the Chrysler Building are shown working at terrifying heights without any safety equipment in archive newsreel footage. One of New York's most iconic buildings, the 1,046 ...

The nearly four million bricks that compose the Chrysler Building were all laid out by hand. Builders also used 29.961 tons of steel and 400,00 rivets, while 3,862 windows gaze out onto New York.

Images of the Chrysler Building by Mitchell Funk offer insight not only into urban change but the boundaries of possibility ...

The Chrysler Building, which opened in 1930, stands 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall. It was the world's tallest building, but only for 11 months, after which it was dethroned by the Empire State ...

In addition to the Chrysler Building, the two also own another New York landmark, the Seagram Building. Before their divorce, the pair’s spending was entirely unrestrained, Collardeau-Fuchs ...