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A young William Van Alen |
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H. Craig Severance |
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Richmond Shreve, William Lamb, and Arthur Loomis Harmon in their architectural office
Courtesy of the Shreve family
Early sketches of the Reynolds Building by William Van Alen
General Research Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundations
Stages in the design of the Chrysler Building by William Van Alen
General Research Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundations
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Walter Chrysler |
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George Ohrstrom |
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Foundation work on the Chrysler Building (March 13, 1929)
Photograph by Peyser & Patzig. Courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press/David Stravitz
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The steelwork underneath the Manhattan Company Building. Courtesy of Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York |
Bucker-up and Gunman
Riding the Ball |
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Paul Starrett |
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Jack Reilly, intrepid photographer, perched from the 72nd story of the Manhattan Company Building on the day after the steel work was completed on November 13, 1929
Bettmann/CORBIS
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The day the vertex was raised atop the Chrysler Building to win the skyscraper race—temporarily Photograph by Peyser & Patzig. Courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press/ David Stravitz William Van Alen, dressed as the Chrysler Building, and his wife at the Beaux Arts Ball in 1931 Bettmann/CORBIS |
Derrick raising one of the five sections of the vertex up the side of the Chrysler Building
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Top of the Chrysler Building’s Nirosta-sheathed dome |
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Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White focusing her camera from her perch atop the eagle gargoyle on the Chrysler Building (January 1, 1935) Oscar Graubner/ TimePix |
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View of the Empire State Building in mid-construction through the window of the Chrysler Building |
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The Empire State on November 18, 1930, nearing completion |
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Alfred Smith and his grandchildren at the opening of the Empire State Building (May 1, 1931) |
