If you asked a stranger on the street to name an architectural style, Art Deco would undoubtedly be a popular response.

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

The Chrysler Building is one of the most mystic New York City skyscrapers, often dwarfed but universally loved as one of the most beautiful examples of Art Deco architecture. Compounded by the ...

There are people who cite the Chrysler Building as one of their favorites in New York, and there are people whose opinions you should ignore. William Van Alen's 1928 skyscraper is a symbol of New ...

Chrysler kept the architect, but the two increased the building’s height to beat out the roughly 920-foot-tall Bank of Manhattan Building that was going up in the financial district.

Fun fact: the building was designed by noted architect William Strickland. When he died suddenly during construction in 1854, he was buried in the north façade of the building. 9.

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building in midtown Manhattan has remained one of the most ...

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.