Floors Of The Chrysler Building

The plans entailed a ground floor pedestrian arcade a facade of stone below the fifth floor a brick and terracotta facade above and a three story observation dome with bronze and glass at the top.

Floors of the chrysler building.

The building contains a 122 ft spire its roof height is 925 ft 282 meters which is measured to the bottom of the spire from the ground. It opened with 300 members of new york city s business elite. Chrysler s initial plans for the building were similar to reynolds s but with the 808 foot building having 68 floors instead of 67. The deck will be located on terraces that surround the 61st floor just above the silver eagles that jut.

The building is referenced in the broadway musical annie when miss hannigan tells the orphans to clean the floors until they shine like the top of the chrysler building the musical is set during the great depression and the chrysler building would have been a relatively recent addition to new york. It was initially designed for texaco which occupied 14 floors of the chrysler building and used as a restaurant for executives. Containing 29961 tons of steel 3 826 000 bricks and nearly 5 000 windows this art deco skyscraper may not be the tallest but it is one of the most recognized due to its crescent shaped spire. The chrysler building and the empire state building.

Between 42nd and 43rd streets is 77 floors.