From the archives: The Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, 1930

By Tom Lowe2023-09-29T08:19:00

New York’s tower craze restarts following a 15-year lull as two of the city’s most famous towers race to become the world’s tallest

After the construction of the 241m tall Woolworth building in 1913, covered in last week’s archive piece, New York’s rush to build ever taller buildings went into a lull. It was 15 years before Big Apple builders broke another record, first with the Chrysler Building and then a year later with the Empire State Building.

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