Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building has remained ...

The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.

In a c. 1935 illustration of the Chrysler Building, a spotlight in the spire sheds its glow on the city below. Bridgeman Images As the New York Times reported in May 1929, skyscrapers had ...