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homage to the chrysler

The name Chrysler will be remembered if no other car is produced, in the automobile inspired skyscraper that is the pinnacle of American machine-age design.

The Chrysler building is the tallest brick (steel re-enforced) building in the world but it is fundamentally modern, a triumph of both technology and design. Steel gargoyles were modeled on 1929 Chrysler automobile hood decorations and radiator caps and the earliest stainless steel cladding covered the stepped, Thai Princess-like crown. The Chrysler’s spire was unveiled in less than an hour, to make it the tallest building in the world and the first the first structure more than 1000ft high.

Here are a selection of iconic views and details of the Chrysler, what I believe is America’s most important building, and an important milestone in the history of technology.

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This is a homage to a famous photograph of a famous photographer. Reminiscent of Margret Burke-White photographed by her darkroom technician Oscar Graubner peeking out of a hatch in a Chrysler gargoyle, Liebovitz went one step further, standing precariously 70 floors up, and shot by John Loengard.<p /><p />The Chrysler gargoyles were modeled after 1929 Chrysler automobile hood decorations.

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