The+Chrystler+Building

The Chrysler building  ﻿The coordinates are 40'45'6.12"N7358'31.08"W. The Chrysler building towers above all of the other buildings in New York, except for the Empire State building. You will find the Chrysler building in downtown Manhattan. The Chrysler building is made of brick and steel. It stands at 1,047 square feet and 77 stories. Its floor area is 1,195,000 square feet. Many people visit it and it is a free tour. The Chrysler building is the tallest brick skyscraper in the world. The Chrysler building is 79 years old. It was the tallest building from 1930 to 1931. Until, the Empire State building was created. Before the Chrysler building had been created, the Eiffel tower was the tallest structure in the world. The Chrysler building's address is: 42nd Street Lexington Avenue. The Chrysler building is now the 2nd tallest building in New York, since the World Trade center was destroyed in 2001. The Chrysler building has automobile-related designs around its facade, because it is named after a car dealership, called Chrysler. The Chrysler building has the name Chrysler to get customers to buy the Chrysler brand of car. It was the headquarters of the Chrystler corporation. The Chrysler building has eagle statues on the corners can be seen from far away. The building was built at a cost of 20,000,000 dollars! Van Alen was the creator of this breath taking building. He secretly created a spire inside the building. The Chrysler building is one of the most decorated buildings in the world. The Art Deco design was used to make the Chrysler building look different from the other buildings. Movies from the 1980s had the Chrysler building featured in them. In Armaggeddon, the Chrysler building was hit by a chunk of an asteroid, and the Chrysler building had crumbled to the ground. In the movie The Winged Serpent, the movie featured a dragon nesting just below the spire of the Chrysler building. They started building it in September 1928. They finished on May 20 1930. It was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. The person who was the country's leader was Calvin Coolidge. He was the president at the time. It turns out that the Chrysler building may be the most popular building on the planet. It was in the top ten most favorite buildings, the Chrystler building placed in 1st.