The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.

State-of-the-art, high-speed elevators were added at the building's core and are decorated with geometric artwork in the art deco style. Across its 77-floors, the tower hosts retail space at its ...

The Chrysler Building has become emblematic of the Art Deco period — and was one of the era's last architectural triumphs before the Great Depression halted New York's rapidly-changing skyline.