The Chrysler Building is identified by its terraced crown of stainless steel, which radiates in seven overlapping arches punctuated by triangular windows. Completed in nineteen thirty, this seventy-seven-story skyscraper at Lexington Avenue and Forty-Second Street serves as a vivid example of Art Deco design, with eagle gargoyles modeled after automobile hood ornaments jutting from its sixty-first floor.
Chrysler Building
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