Chrysler s initial plans for the building were similar to reynolds s but with the 808 foot building having 68 floors instead of 67.
Floors of the chrysler building.
The chrysler building and the empire state building.
The building located at 405 lexington ave.
The plans entailed a ground floor pedestrian arcade a facade of stone below the fifth floor a brick and terracotta facade above and a three story observation dome with bronze and glass at the top.
It was initially designed for texaco which occupied 14 floors of the chrysler building and used as a restaurant for executives.
The deck will be located on terraces that surround the 61st floor just above the silver eagles that jut.
The chrysler building has 77 floors soaring 1048 feet high in midtown east.
The highest floor in the chrysler building is 77th floor at 858 ft high and the highest occupied floor is at 828 ft.
Between 42nd and 43rd streets is 77 floors.
The building is referenced in the broadway musical annie when miss hannigan tells the orphans to clean the floors until they shine like the top of the chrysler building the musical is set during the great depression and the chrysler building would have been a relatively recent addition to new york.