The Chrysler Building

42nd & Lex, Manhattan

(Photo by David Shankbone, CC-BY-SA 3.0)

More than a symbol of the wealth and power of the American industrialist who commissioned it from architect William Van Alen, the Chrysler Building is -- more than any other building still standing -- the most recognizable symbol of New York's characteristic form of architecture. It is arguably the greatest of all the Art Deco skyscrapers, and some would say it is the greatest Art Deco building of any type.

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