{"id":7485,"date":"2012-02-22T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2013-03-05T19:22:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T19:22:47","slug":"the-art-deco-splendour-of-the-stunning-chrysler-building-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-art-deco-splendour-of-the-stunning-chrysler-building-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Deco splendour of the stunning Chrysler Building, New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Designed by architect William Van Alen for automotive\u00a0magnate Walter P. Chrysler, the Chrysler Building \u00a0in New York is a glorious skyscraper, packed full of Art\u00a0Deco\u00a0style.<\/p>\n

First catching sight of its beautiful,\u00a0stainless-steel clad crown is always one of my favourite moments in New York when I get back to New York.<\/p>\n

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Work\u00a0commenced\u00a0on\u00a0September 19, 1928 and construction involved the use of 400,000 rivets and over 3.8m bricks, all manually laid.<\/p>\n

The speed of construction was\u00a0frantic, with the tower rising at a rate of four floors per week. Despite the speedy\u00a0work rate, no workers died during the\u00a0building\u00a0of the tower.<\/p>\n

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Standing at 1,047 feet (319\u00a0m) tall, the tower was briefly\u00a0the world’s tallest building, holding the crown for just 11 months before being eclipsed by the Empire State Building in 1931<\/p>\n

Considered to\u00a0to be one of the finest buildings in New York City, the skyscraper was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.<\/p>\n

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The top of the Chrysler Building is its crowning glory, and is comprised of seven radiating terraced arches with triangular vaulted windows.<\/p>\n

Clad in stainless steel, it’s a beautiful\u00a0sight\u00a0with the sun catches it.<\/p>\n

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“One of the first uses of stainless steel over a large exposed building surface. The decorative treatment of the masonry walls below changes with every set-back and includes story-high basket-weave designs, radiator-cap gargoyles, and a band of abstract automobiles. The lobby is a modernistic composition of African marble and chrome steel.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2013Elliot Willensky<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Norval White<\/a>, in\u00a0AIA Guide to New York<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

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“The design, originally drawn up for building contractor William H. Reynolds, was finally sold to Walter P. Chrysler, who wanted a provocative building that would not merely scrape the sky but positively pierce it. Its 77 floors briefly making it the highest building in the world \u2013 at least until the Empire State Building was completed \u2013 it became the star of the New York skyline, thanks above all to its crowning peak. In a deliberate strategy of myth generation, Van Alen planned a dramatic moment of revelation: the entire seven-storey pinnacle, complete with special-steel facing, was first assembled inside the building, and then hoisted into position through the roof opening and anchored on top in just one and a half hours. All of a sudden it was there\u2014a sensational fait accompli.”
\n\u2013Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser, in Architecture in the Twentieth Century<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n[New York Architecture Images-the Chrysler Building<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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