Yet always stunning
The Chrysler – Midtown Manhattan
February 24th, 2020
Dwarfed
Tag: chrysler building
Blue o’Clock
Chrysler Building
Manhattan, NYC
September 15th, 2019
At the right place, the right time
At 10 a.m. precisely, the Chrysler’s famous spear is perfectly aligned with the corner of the MetLife Building.
At 1 p.m. the shadows recede and The Glory of Commerce, shines through. We are outside Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street, walking past a masterpiece: the Tiffany glass clock surrounded by a sculptural group by Jules-Félix Coutan, representing Minerva, Hercules and Mercury – or to us Greeks, Athena, Hercules and Hermes.
Midtown, Manhattan
November 29th, 2017
Reflections
When I leave, I want to take this picture with me. The Empire, the Chrysler, the reflections, the myriads of windows. The stories that go on behind them that I cannot even begin to imagine.
A typical working day in Midtown Manhattan.
October 10th, 2017
Perspectives in grayscale || Empire. Chanin. Chrysler
March 30th, 2017
Perspectives || The Chrysler Building
March 30th, 2017
An office drink
After a hard day’s work, an office drink to wind down. I’d sooner put my feet up at home to be honest, but when an office offers sunset views on the Empire and the Chrysler, an office drink is most welcome indeed!
20-21st September 2016
UN HQ
View from the terrace outside the Delegates’ Lounge. East River is on my back and Le Corbusier’s oblique design of the General Assembly building in the foreground. The Chrysler Building at the back looks so small because it sits half a mile away.
September 15th, 2016
On my way to work
On my way to work one day, I stopped at a traffic light. While waiting, I looked up.
September 9th, 2016
The magnificent Chrysler lobby
How is it to work here every weekday? Can staff still pose in admiration at the elegant art deco murals, marquetry and brass details? Surely there comes a time when the excitement of the first encounter fades, wielding to a seen-it-all-before blasé spirit. When the eye looks but forgets to see. I’m glad I don’t work in the Chrysler Building. Wish I will never have enough of this magnificent lobby.
August 30th, 2016
PS: Surprisingly little information can be found on the internet about the artist of the mural that covers the entire ceiling and upper parts of some walls – quite disappointing given that, when created in 1930, it was considered the largest in the world:
Edward Trumbull, American (1884 – 1968)
Edward Trumbull was born in Michigan and raised in Connecticut. He attended the Art Students’ League of New York and studied in London under the noted muralist, Frank Brangwyn. Trumbull’s style as a muralist was traditional, and he was best known for his ease of bright and varied colors. A long time resident of Pittsburgh, Trumbull painted panels for the Heinz Administration Building in Pittsburgh and used “The Three Rivers” that converge at the city as the theme for the ceiling of the lobby of the Chrysler Building in New York. Two of his murals, located in the South Office building of the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex, are smaller versions of the murals he painted for buildings in Pittsburgh.
Update June 2021: more info can be found on this article by Bookworm History, published in April 2017.
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