The chrysler building has 77 floors soaring 1048 feet high in midtown east.
Floors of the chrysler building.
It was initially designed for texaco which occupied 14 floors of the chrysler building and used as a restaurant for executives.
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.
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.
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.
Between 42nd and 43rd streets is 77 floors.
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 building located at 405 lexington ave.
The chrysler building and the empire state building.
The deck will be located on terraces that surround the 61st floor just above the silver eagles that jut.