Chrysler Building: on the “top” of New York City
New York City, a city of skyscrapers, has homed more than thousands famous high-rise buildings. Among them are the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Flatiron Building and the Twin Towers. Everyone knows that Empire State Building is the most famous and representative building in the Big Apple and stood on the top of the world building height ranking chart for more than 40 years since it was built in 1931. What is more, People all know that many buildings in the Gotham has reached that position (actually 13 buildings in total). Nevertheless, less people know that Chrysler is one of them. Actually, the Chrysler had stood on the top of the chart …show more content…
Before discussing this, we have to go back to the time when the building was under constructing first.
Back to 1928, There was an invisible competition between Architects in New York City. Everyone wants to design and build the tallest building in the world. In that period (1920s to 1930s), a lots of skyscrapers were built. The height competition between the Trump Building (40 wall Street building) and Chrysler building was an anecdote at that time. Both of these two buildings changed their original designs to become the tallest building in the world. At first, the Trump Building was designed several feet taller than the Chrysler Building. H. Craig Severance, the designer of 40 Wall Street Building wanted to keep the advanced position in the competition, so he changed the plan from 840 feet to 927 feet. Back to the Chrysler side, at first, Van Alen was the original designer of the building. Nevertheless, because of his idea are too advanced and costed, his position was replaced by his co-worker, Walter P. Chrysler. The original design of Chrysler Building was 807 feet high, then Mr. Chrysler redesigned the building and added …show more content…
In this circumstance, the architectures with Art Deco Style are usually decorated with detailed curving patterns and made with different materials to make it as exuberant as possible. Ironically, the style arrived the peak during the Great Depression. During The Great Depression, the building’s decorating style made the building a little bit awkward. Chrysler Building is one of the most representative example of Art Deco style. The building was also the first one to use the stainless steels outside the building. Every time, when people mention it, the eagle heads decorations in the 61th floor will come into mind. As the most impressive decorating part of the building, the steel eagle heads have already become the symbol of the building, and the building itself has become the symbol of the Art Deco at the same time. Cost more than 3800000 bricks, those bricks were laid by hands one by one. It is better to say as a masterpiece instead of saying it is just an architecture. It is worth mentioning that Chrysler is also the tallest brick building in the
New York City, a city of skyscrapers, has homed more than thousands famous high-rise buildings. Among them are the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Flatiron Building and the Twin Towers. Everyone knows that Empire State Building is the most famous and representative building in the Big Apple and stood on the top of the world building height ranking chart for more than 40 years since it was built in 1931. What is more, People all know that many buildings in the Gotham has reached that position (actually 13 buildings in total). Nevertheless, less people know that Chrysler is one of them. Actually, the Chrysler had stood on the top of the chart …show more content…
Before discussing this, we have to go back to the time when the building was under constructing first.
Back to 1928, There was an invisible competition between Architects in New York City. Everyone wants to design and build the tallest building in the world. In that period (1920s to 1930s), a lots of skyscrapers were built. The height competition between the Trump Building (40 wall Street building) and Chrysler building was an anecdote at that time. Both of these two buildings changed their original designs to become the tallest building in the world. At first, the Trump Building was designed several feet taller than the Chrysler Building. H. Craig Severance, the designer of 40 Wall Street Building wanted to keep the advanced position in the competition, so he changed the plan from 840 feet to 927 feet. Back to the Chrysler side, at first, Van Alen was the original designer of the building. Nevertheless, because of his idea are too advanced and costed, his position was replaced by his co-worker, Walter P. Chrysler. The original design of Chrysler Building was 807 feet high, then Mr. Chrysler redesigned the building and added …show more content…
In this circumstance, the architectures with Art Deco Style are usually decorated with detailed curving patterns and made with different materials to make it as exuberant as possible. Ironically, the style arrived the peak during the Great Depression. During The Great Depression, the building’s decorating style made the building a little bit awkward. Chrysler Building is one of the most representative example of Art Deco style. The building was also the first one to use the stainless steels outside the building. Every time, when people mention it, the eagle heads decorations in the 61th floor will come into mind. As the most impressive decorating part of the building, the steel eagle heads have already become the symbol of the building, and the building itself has become the symbol of the Art Deco at the same time. Cost more than 3800000 bricks, those bricks were laid by hands one by one. It is better to say as a masterpiece instead of saying it is just an architecture. It is worth mentioning that Chrysler is also the tallest brick building in the