DK Travel : New York : Architecture

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Chrysler Building

The gleaming, stainless steel, tiered spire of the Chrysler Building adds grace to the city skyline. William Van Alen fashioned this Art Deco classic in 1928–30 as a whimsical tribute to the automobile. The building has a decorative frieze of stylized hubcaps and silver gargoyles, much like the winged radiator caps of a Chrysler car.
Citigroup Center

The 59-story Citigroup Center, built in 1978, was New York’s first Postmodern skyscraper. The rakish, triangular top never served its original purpose as a solar panel, but it did make the building instantly recognizable. An open base on four tall columns and a reflective aluminum-and-glass exterior give the building an airy quality despite its huge size.
City Hall

Built in 1802–12, this Georgian building with French Renaissance influences is one of New York’s finest. The interior features a rotunda circled by Corinthian columns, opening to twin spiral marble staircases.
Condé Nast Building

The 48-story tower, built in 1999, is striking and environmentally friendly, with photovoltaic cells on the façade and integrated recycling chutes.
Daily News Building

The Daily News has moved on, but this fine 1930 building is still an Art Deco classic. Step inside and marvel at the revolving globe.
Dakota

Famous as the site where John Lennon was shot, the block was thought so far west in 1884, it might as well be in Dakota.
Dorilton

One of the most flamboyant examples of the Beaux Arts era, this 1902 apartment house has an iron gate fit for a palace.
Edwin Booth as Hamlet

The founder of the Players Club is shown in his most famous role, about to give Hamlet’s soliloquy. The 1917 statue faces his former house.
Eldorado

Another Art Deco Roth design. Groucho Marx and Marilyn Monroe were once tenants.
Empire State Building

The Empire State Building (1930–31) is the tallest structure in New York. For 27 years its dominance was eclipsed by the World Trade Center, but the latter was destroyed in September 2001 during a terrorist attack on the city. With an 86th-floor observatory, the building receives some 3.5 million visitors each year.