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Chrysler Building

Chrysler Building
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One of the most recognizable and favored structures of New York, the Chrysler was the world's tallest building when completed in 1930, but lost that title to the nearby Empire State Building less than a year later. But what it lost in fame it makes up for in beauty, with its gorgeous, instantly recognizable Art Deco crown.

Address
405 Lexington Ave
Getting there
at 42nd St

Listing from Wikivoyage: Manhattan/Midtown East, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 10 Oct 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.