As our Art Deco Centenary series gets underway, we spotlight the Chrysler Building in New York – one of America's first art ...
Our next Art Deco Centenary profile looks at American architect Raymond Hood, whose knack for skyscrapers led to him being branded the "brilliant bad boy of architecture". Hood's buildings include ...
Manhattan's art deco skyscrapers "dazzle ... its three-story lobby with red Moroccan walls and inlaid wood elevator doors. The 1931 Waldorf Astoria is another famed example.
The unique 1,046-feet art deco skyscraper was built in 1930 at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Since then, the building has become one of the symbols of New York.