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Chrysler Building

Chrysler Building. Nick Decent Arsenis Hadjiagapiou Shawn Hall Dylan Phelan Ashley Rose. 405 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY. Development. Developed by William H. Reynolds & architect William Van Alen, in 1928 Worlds Tallest Building (‘30-‘31)

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Chrysler Building

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  1. Chrysler Building Nick Decent Arsenis Hadjiagapiou Shawn Hall Dylan Phelan Ashley Rose 405 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. 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%)

  5. 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)

  6. 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

  7. Exterior • Black Granite Entrance • 61st Floor Eagles • Hubcaps • Hood Ornaments

  8. Interior • Elegant Lobby • Beautiful Murals • Unique Elevators • Recently Renovated

  9. Former Amenities • Cloud Club • Observatory

  10. 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

  11. Lateral Loads • Designed to sway • Stiff inner core • Elevators act as shear walls • Reinforced with steel trusses • Diagonal beams add additional support

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Safety • 3,000 construction workers • Outstanding safety record • Zero fatalities • Rare for time period • Due to the new phone system

  15. Since Then: • Original lighting scheme installed in 1980s • Renovated in 1978-79 • Restoration complete in 1995 • Tallest standing brick building in the world

  16. Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems • Overview: • 32 Full-length Elevators • 35 miles of piping • 750 miles of electrical wiring

  17. 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

  18. Temperature Control System • Contract with Carrier Engineering • Among first buildings to include air conditioning system • “Manufactured Weather” system revolutionary for its time

  19. 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

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