Chrysler Building

Japanese: クライスラー･ビル（英語表記）Chrysler Building

This skyscraper building stands in the heart of Manhattan, New York, and was completed in 1930 as the Chrysler Corporation's corporate building. When designer William Van Allen (1883-1954) learned that the original plan was 0.61 meters short of the Bank of Manhattan headquarters building, which was being constructed at the same time, he secretly added a steel spire, achieving a height of 319 meters, 20 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower, the tallest building at the time. However, this status was short-lived, lasting only a few months until the Empire State Building was completed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ニューヨーク，マンハッタンの中心部に立つスカイスクレーパー(摩天楼)建築で，1930年にクライスラー社の自社ビルとして完成。当初計画案では同時に建設中のマンハッタン銀行本社ビルに0.61m及ばないと知った設計者のバン･アレンWilliam Van Allen(1883‐1954)は，極秘の内に鋼製の尖塔をのせて，当時最高のエッフェル塔をも20mしのぐ，319mの高さを達成した。しかし，その地位もエンパイア･ステート･ビルが完成するまでの数ヵ月間の短命に終わった。

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