the Chrysler's seemingly limitless budget is also evidenced across the skyscraper's lavish art deco interior. At ground level, the building is entered via revolving doors surrounded by black ...
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.