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Chanin Building
 

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View looking west from street level - 2002-5 (155942)
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Taken from the 63rd floor of the Chrysler Building - 2003-7 (209404)
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As seen from the 20th floor of the nearby Chrysler Building - 2000-5 (200111)
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Identification
Official name Chanin Building
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Emporis Building Number 115509
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Location
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Bordering street #1 East 41st Street*
Bordering street #2 East 42nd Street*
Bordering street #3 Lexington Avenue*
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Neighborhood Midtown
Borough Manhattan
City New York City
State New York
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
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Height (struct.) 198 m 649 ft
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Floors (OG) 56
Construction start *
Construction end 1929
 
Building in General
Type of construction high-rise building
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Status completed

Facts
- 3rd tallest building in the world, when it was completed.
- Chanin himself had his own offices on the 50th and 51st floors of the tower that were famous for a theater and an award-winning bathroom.
- To attract tenants, the owner provided centralized services at the base of the building including an underground connection to Grand Central Terminal and ground-floor commercial spaces.
- A movie theater and a subterranean bus terminal were included in the original project but no longer remain.
- Above the base, the tower's steel frame is clad in buff brick and terra cotta and it is set back in conformance with the 1916 Zoning Law.
- At the top, the skyscraper is capped by a dramatic crown that was once illuminated at night.
- Inside the lobby, the walls are decorated with reliefs by set-designer Jacques Delamarre and Renee Chambellan that represent "The City of Opportunity" and "The Active Life of the Individual," the latter perhaps a reference to Chanin's own rise to power and wealth.
- The facade illustrates the introduction of colored glass, stone and metal on the exterior of tall buildings.
- In contrast to its neighbor, Grand Central Terminal, the Chanin Building's Art Deco facade represents a turn away from the Beaux Arts style towards a more humanistic and modern imagery appropriate to the industrial age.
- Built as a monument to Irwin S. Chanin (see Irwin S. Chanin), a graduate of Cooper Union who became a major New York developer of the 1920s.

Companies involved in this Building*
architect: Irwin S. Chanin, Sloan & Robertson

Other firms: Chanin Organization , Chanin Construction Corporation [Chanin Organization], Bethlehem Steel Company .


 
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