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Taken from The Summit, One Vanderbilt
Completed on May 27, 1930 (93 years ago), at 1,046 ft (319 m), this is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework.
A 1996 survey of New York architects revealed it as their favorite, and The New York Times described it in 2005 as “the single most important emblem of architectural imagery on the New York skyline”
The Chrysler Building
Although the Chrysler Building was built and designed specifically for the car manufacturer, the corporation did not pay for its construction and never owned it; Walter Chrysler decided to fund the entire cost personally so his children could inherit it. An annex was completed in 1952, and the building was sold by the Chrysler family the next year, with numerous subsequent owners.
