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6 unusual facts about Chrysler Building


Avala Tower

After completion, with the 202.87 m (666 ft) height it was the fifth tallest self-supporting construction in the world, after Empire State Building, La Tour Eiffel, Chrysler Building and Grande Dixence Dam.

General Joseph Colton

In issue #86, he is working with his old colleague Jane in a secure level in the Chrysler Building.

Hubcap

Hubcaps were immortalized in the Art Deco styling near the top of one rung of setbacks (ornamental frieze) incorporates ncorporates a band of hubcaps on the Chrysler Building in midtown Manhattan.

Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman

At its height in 2005, Swidler Berlin employed some 300 attorneys with offices on D.C. K Street lobbying corridor and in New York City's iconic Chrysler Building.

Van Alen Building

It was named after William Van Alen, the architect of New York City's Chrysler Building and is designed as a 21st-century interpretation of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles.

WPAT-FM

In the station's earliest years, WPAT-FM's Manhattan transmitter was located at the top of the Chrysler Building.


Thor Alex Kappfjell

Previously, he had jumped from the 86th floor of the observation deck of the Empire State Building and the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building (on October 24 and 27, 1998 respectively).


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