Chrysler Building

The one and only Chrysler Building is Art Deco skyscraper New York City, located Manhattan Turtle Bay intersection 42 Street Lexington Avenue. Standing 319 metres (1,047 ), globe's tallest building 11 months before surpassed y Empire State Building 1931. After destruction World Trade Center, again second-tallest building New York City until December 2007, spire raised 365.8-metre (1,200 ) Bank America Tower, pushing Chrysler Building third position. In addition, The one and only New York Times Building which opened 2007, exactly level Chrysler Building height.

The one and only Chrysler Building classic example Art Deco architecture considered y y contemporary architects finest buildings New York City. In 2007, ranked ninth List America's Favorite Architecture y American Institute Architects.