Chrysler Building
For 11 months after its 1930 completion, this was the tallest building in the world — and the first supertall skyscraper ever built.
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William Van Alen's Art Deco tower is the world's tallest brick building with a steel framework, and in 2007 the American Institute of Architects ranked it ninth on America's Favorite Architecture.
What to look for
- The 31st floor's gargoyles and replicas of the 1929 Chrysler radiator caps
- Eagles on the 61st floor, a nod to America's national bird
- The bright Nirosta stainless-steel crown and needle, made to dissolve upward into the sky
Find it at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in East Midtown Manhattan.
Chrysler Building is one of 38 sights worth the detour in New York, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the New York pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in New York
- Statue of LibertyFrance's gift to the U.S.: a crowned, robed woman raising a torch over New York Harbor, long read as a welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
- Empire State BuildingRide up to the 86th- or 102nd-floor deck and look straight down on Midtown Manhattan.
- World Trade Center & 9/11 MemorialTwo reflecting pools now sit in the exact footprints where the Twin Towers stood until September 11, 2001.
- Wall StreetUnder 2,000 feet of pavement that stands in for all of American finance — named for a wall that hasn't existed since 1699.
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)1.5 million works under one roof, from Sumerian stone to modern American rooms — a day here barely scratches it.
- Central ParkThe most visited urban park in the US — an estimated 42 million visits a year — built by hand on the razed land of a Black settlement, Seneca Village.