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#BriceDailyPhoto

Chrysler Building #chryslerbuilding #chrysler #williamvanalen #nyc #skyscraper #building #photocollage #collage #collageart #contemporarycollage #art #modernart #digitalart #artoftheday #picoftheday #surrealism #surreal #popsurreal #popsurrealism #popart #color #colors (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLjb5Kh4iL/?igshid=hb4zvchx38t1

In the Sky #chryslerbuilding #artdeco #architecture #facade #williamvanalen #hoodornament #exterior #landmark #touristattraction #skyscraper #nofilter #manhattan #newyorkcity #i'llbebackthissummer #summer2018 #vacation #travel #usa #cityscape (at Chrysler Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaRRLMnApV/?igshid=1fku5mvxbhls

#Organic #NewYorkCity #Manhattan #ChryslerBuilding #WilliamVanAlen #BriceDailyPhoto https://www.instagram.com/p/BoaD6XVHDKt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zh5r0wp4g1gs

Chrysler Building, New York. #chryslerbuilding #manhattan #newyorkcity #newyork #aechitecture #midtown #artdeco #williamvanalen (at Chrysler Building)

#Repost @museumofcityny with @repostapp ・・・ You may not know this, but today is #SkyscraperAppreciationDay. It was decided that August 10th should be the day to commemorate these incredible structures because the Chrysler Building’s architect William Van Alen was born #onthisday in 1883. A lifelong New Yorker, Van Alen was born in Brooklyn and attended @prattinstitute. The story behind his work on the Chrysler building is an interesting one. The completion of the building was received with mixed reactions. Van Alen was hailed as a "Doctor of Altitude but his building was described by some critics as not being a significant design. Unfortunately Van Alen had failed to enter into a contract with Walter Chrysler when he received the building’s commission. He requested payment of 6% of the building's construction budget, the standard fee at the time. Chrysler refused so Van Alen sued him and won. However, the fallout from the lawsuit coupled with the Great Depression meant that Van Alen’s career as an architect was effectively over. #OnlyinNY . . . Photograph Information: X2010.11.2343 [Chrysler Building.] DATE:ca. 1940 . . . #otd #skyscrapers #chyslerbuilding #mcnycollections #nychistory #WilliamVanAlen

My absolute favorite building in NYC and maybe the world. #chryslerbuilding #architecture #artdeco #design #williamvanalen #nyc #vscocam (at Chrysler Building)

William Van Alen (Chrysler Building), Ralph Walker (1 Wall Street), D. E. Ward (Metropolitan Tower), Joseph H. Freelander (Museum of New York). 1931.