Without a doubt, the painting title can be taken very literal. Literal, because the construction workers were actually constructing buildings around the Chrysler building. Bertram emphasis's on how The Chrysler building the largest buildings not only in the painting, but at this time. Bertram also illustrates the structure of the entire painting as only buildings. There are no visuals of streets or cars, giving off the idea that, Skyscrapers in the main attraction of what New York has become. The juxtapositions demonstrated by Bertram in the picture of buildings is portrayed through vivid hues. Major colors throughout the picture are red, white, yellow, and orange. This is ironic because most skyscrapers would be silver because they are
