Chrysler Building
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Chrysler Building405 Lexington Avenue
New York City, NY
Nick Decent
Arsenis Hadjiagapiou
Shawn Hall
Dylan Phelan
Ashley Rose
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Development Developed by William H.
Reynolds & architect William Van Alen, in 1928
Worlds Tallest Building (‘30-‘31)
Reynolds sold lease and design plans to Walter P. Chrysler
Faced competition from the Bank of Manhattan Company
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Development Originally designed to be 808 ft
tall, revised to 925 ft Bank of Manhattan Tower
designed and built to a height of 927 ft
Van Alen constructed the 185 ft spire
Cost: $15 million ($17 billion today)
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Owners Walter P. Chrysler, Chairman
of the Chrysler Corporation Sol Goldman and Alex Di
Lorenzo Mass. Mutual Life Insurance
Company Jack Kent Cooke, a
Washington D.C. investor Tishman Speyer Properties
(25%) and TMW Real Estate Group (75%)
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Current Use Offices occupied by various
industries
An assortment of retail stores/amenities are located throughout the building
Lobby is open to the public
Observation deck (closed)
Cloud Club (closed in 1979)
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Architecture Style: Art Deco (Exposition
Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes)
Material: White brick and metal façade
Nirosta Dome
Blend of Industrial and Chrysler images
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Exterior Black Granite
Entrance
61st Floor Eagles
Hubcaps
Hood Ornaments
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Interior Elegant Lobby
Beautiful Murals
Unique Elevators
Recently Renovated
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Former Amenities Cloud Club
Observatory
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Structural Stability 1046 feet tall H-Plan
Setbacks at 16th, 23rd and 30th floor 4 banks of 8 elevators Nirosta steel 3,862 windows 20,000 tons 400,000 rivets
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Lateral Loads Designed to sway Stiff inner core Elevators act as
shear walls Reinforced with steel
trusses Diagonal beams add
additional support
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Basics Constructed by
Fred T. Ley & Co 77 floors First building to surpass
1000 ft 20,961 tons of structural
steel 391,881 rivets 3,826,000 bricks
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Construction Time Line Construction began
9/19/28 Materials: steel, brick 4 floors built per week 185 ft spire built in the
elevator shaft Construction
completed 5/28/30
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Safety 3,000 construction workers
Outstanding safety record Zero fatalities Rare for time period
Due to the new phone system
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Since Then:
Original lighting scheme installed in 1980s
Renovated in 1978-79
Restoration complete in 1995
Tallest standing brick building in the world
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Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems
Overview: 32 Full-length Elevators 35 miles of piping 750 miles of electrical wiring
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Elevator System Built by Otis Elevator Corp. Tallest elevator system in
the world at time of construction
Originally capable of rates up to 1200 ft/min, (20ft/sec) deemed unsafe speed by city officials
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Temperature Control System Contract with Carrier
Engineering Among first buildings to
include air conditioning system
“Manufactured Weather” system revolutionary for its time
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Television and Radio Broadcasting Uppermost floors too
slanted to be useful for offices; used to house mechanical and broadcasting equipment
Former broadcasting home of WCBS-TV and several radio stations