| 词汇 | chrysler building |
| 词源 | Chrysler Building. A skyscraper on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan that was briefly the tallest building in the world. The story is told in The New York City Guide (1939): “William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building, and his former partner, H. Crain Severance, became rivals when each was commissioned to design the world’s tallest building. When the Chrysler tower seemed likely to terminate at 925 feet, the build- ers of the Bank of Manhattan Company structure (or Manhattan Company Building) at 40 Wall Street (designed by Severance and Yasuo Matsui) decided to halt their operations at 927 feet. Meanwhile, steelworkers were secretly assembling the rustless steel section of the Chrysler spire, which, when lifted through the dome and bolted into place, brought the building to its tri- umphant height of 1,048 feet. Subsequently the Empire State Building stole the laurels.” |
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