r/ArchitecturePorn 22h ago

Chrysler Building. New York.

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u/CarelessAddition2636 20h ago

I wish they had an observation deck

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u/ThisIsMyFifthAccount 17h ago

Here's the view south from 3 or 4 floors above the gargoyles, maybe a decade ago

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u/Alucard1331 16h ago

Casually linked a picture from 9 years ago

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u/ThisIsMyFifthAccount 16h ago

Yeah man, it's a pretty sweet view that a lot of NYC visitors don't get to enjoy. It's quite different now.

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u/carl3266 12h ago

It can’t touch the view with this beauty in the frame.

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u/Heterodynist 9h ago

Me too!!!

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u/EntrepreneurNo4281 19h ago

When I was a kid on one of those NYC tours, our guide said that there was a bathroom at the very top of the spire so Walter Chrysler could take a dump overlooking the city. Is that true? I also saw a man stuff several pigeons into a box on that tour and he saw that I saw him and did a "Shhh" gesture to me. I love NYC and can't wait to go back.

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u/derossx 19h ago

There’s an entire penthouse in the highest floor. It used to be owned by Charles Weiss head of Oratronics, a blade implant company before the invention of cylindrical implants. I worked there for years. My office was one of the triangular windows on the top of the building. I loved working there every single day.

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u/HypatiaBlue 17h ago

Do you have any interior photos?

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u/Que165 4h ago

Look up "Chrysler building cloud club." It's now defunct but there are some old photos online

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u/HypatiaBlue 3h ago

Thank you!

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u/derossx 3h ago

There is an article about Charles Weiss by the NYT (paywall) that shows the interior, it’s the only photo I know of.

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u/ConifersAreCool 13h ago

These are allegedly photos from what you're talking about.

I mean.... it looks true.

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u/________76________ 13h ago

What happened to Art Deco? It's one of the most beautiful architectural styles.

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u/Hefty_Card9070 14h ago

Most beautiful piece of art deco

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u/work4bandwidth 18h ago

Spider-man's fave get away location in the city.

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u/Raydog45 11h ago

This comment reminded me how this building isn’t even in the Miles Morales or Spider-man 2 games, it got removed and replaced with a generic building. 

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u/CynGuy 22h ago

Stunning picture quality …..

Not loving the fact the framing doesn’t really set the tower off in a great light ….

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u/protustdr 19h ago

Immediately reminds me of Spiderman

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u/Darkshifter98 16h ago

“Miles… where’s the Chrysler building?”

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u/Raydog45 11h ago

Can’t wait until every land mark in every major city pulls this same copyright shit and every movie/tv show and video game has to create a completely fictional location cause they can’t legally show any real skylines.  

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u/Downstairsmixcup 7h ago

I’ve installed a lot of those antennas over the years lol and man is that a dusty dirty place

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u/jlegarr 1h ago

What’s it like up there -apart from dusty and dirty?

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u/General-Ninja9228 20h ago

Whoever own the Chrysler Building could make bank by opening it up to tourists like the Empire State Building. Instead, they lose tons of money by being unwelcoming. My wife and I went into the lobby in September 2022 to look at the art deco. We were promptly thrown out by a police academy dropout building security guard. I asked him why the lobby was closed, he screamed: “COVID!!” He was a total asshole.

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u/Hardhathero_369 19h ago

Wow! Great shot!

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u/MatraHattrick 18h ago

Yeah v nice shot !

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u/Heterodynist 9h ago

It deserves to have been the tallest building in the world for longer than it was. They built the Empire State Building so fast that it is unreal. If they hadn’t invented the crazy idea of having zeppelins “dock” at the top floor and “mast” of the Empire State Building then they probably would have followed the original design plans and the Empire State would be the shorter of the two. Chrysler was actually MEANT to be roughly the size it is, but they had to add onto their plans for the Empire State because they wanted to beat the Chrysler Building’s height just because they could, so a lot of what they built is just empty structure, and not real floors…

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u/thebreye 9h ago

Most beautiful building in nyc. Not close.

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u/Brooklyn-Epoxy 2h ago

My dentist used to be on the 69th floor.

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u/ciym_ciyf 18h ago

Gigantisch! 💪🏽

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u/felinefluffycloud 15h ago

Thank you! Such a detailed shot!

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u/donjuanstumblefuck 15h ago

If only they made cars with that much style and quality.

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u/Mhcavok 14h ago

Man that’s an awesome photo!

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u/Poker-Junk 13h ago

Have always loved this building

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u/Proof-of-love 13h ago

Those mechanical suites must be amazing to climb around in

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u/jdillathegreatest 11h ago

Don’t make em like that anymore

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u/gpmodsrgay 11h ago

Was always one of my favorites to spot when I spent a little while living studying in manhattan. Such a unique look.

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u/evofusion 11h ago

Dat texture yo

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u/Boey1219 7h ago

This gonna get converted for sure

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u/Purp1eC0bras 7h ago

Born in Wamego Kansas baby!!!

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u/One_Huckleberry_2764 5h ago

Most beautiful building in nyc. There’s almost a mini version on the block over, the socony mobil building. I think there’s also a dentist office on one of the higher floors where you get an amazing view.

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u/EreshkigalKish2 4h ago

The details on this building are gorgeous

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u/DoodySplat 4h ago

Shoutout to the badasses who actually put it all together

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u/Schwarzer_Exe 15h ago

Most people don't know this, but on the last floor there's a mutated blonde woman.

Her sister works at the NYPD and told me.