Chrysler Building Top Floor View

Photo by dark cyanide.

Chrysler building top floor view.

Empire state s builders first planned an 80 story tower but added six more to top chrysler by. Made it to the top of the chrysler building. As of 2019 the chrysler building is the 11th tallest building in new york city among all the completed and topped out buildings in the city. The 77 story chrysler building is an iconic new york city image easily recognizable in new york city s sprawling skyline because of its shiny peak.

If you want to see this art deco masterpiece up close there are some strict policies. The chrysler building is one of the most beloved of new york city s skyscrapers an architectural manifestation of both the art deco era and the automobile age. The chrysler building is another building that i just had to visit on my short stay in new york city. The highest floor in the chrysler building is 77th floor at 858 ft high and the highest occupied floor is at 828 ft.

The chrysler building was a customized building hand crafted in sheet metal shops on the 65th and 66th floor view fullsize below the 61st floor the chrysler building was a fairly conventional office tower with a shape that followed the setback formula required by the city s zoning law. The building is referenced in the broadway musical annie when miss hannigan tells the orphans to clean the floors until they shine like the top of the chrysler building the musical is set during the great depression and the chrysler building would have been a relatively recent addition to new york. A rendering shows the 8 foot glass walls and stellar manhattan views from the proposed observation deck on the 61st floor of the chrysler building. The chrysler building in new york city has been listed among the top 10 on a list of america s favorite architecture by the american institute of architects.

The empire state building became the world height champ one year later spurred on by chrysler. I especially loved the view from the top of the building when the sun hits it at the right angle. The chrysler building is an art deco style skyscraper located in the turtle bay neighborhood on the east side of manhattan new york city at the intersection of 42nd street and lexington avenue near midtown manhattan at 1 046 feet 318 9 m the structure was the world s tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the empire state building in 1931.