Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building in midtown Manhattan has remained one of the most recognizable skyscrapers in the world — ...

The story of the Chrysler Building begins not with Walter P. Chrysler, whom the building is named after, but with an altogether different figure. William H. Reynolds, a Brooklyn developer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chrysler Building has become emblematic of the Art Deco period — and was one of the era's last architectural triumphs before ...