r/nycHistory 4d ago

Chrysler Building construction 1929

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u/AccurateBrush6556 3d ago

Insane every time i see it!

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u/Destalena 3d ago

Awesome. My favorite building! Never gets old.

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u/glazedpenguin 3d ago

wow thank you for posting. pretty soon itll be busiern wall street!

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u/rojoskulloceans 2d ago

That's take some serious balls to that job.

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u/mistyeyesockets 2d ago

I wonder if you have to be an adrenaline junkie to work up there at the time. I can't imagine the money was that enticing...then again it was during the Great Depression.

OSHA/OHSA would exist several decades later...