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 ... and erected from the inside to deliver on its promise to ...

The Chrysler Building has become emblematic of the Art Deco period — and was one of the era's last architectural triumphs before the Great Depression halted New York's rapidly-changing skyline.