New York put growth ahead of all else, resulting in the loss of important historic buildings, like Penn Station.
New York skyscrapers
The Art Deco style of this skyscraper was urbane and luxurious—a swansong of glamor as the Great Depression hit.
Van Alen, The Chrysler Building
Word to the wise: don’t put an anti-capitalist mural in a building owned by millionaires unless you want it trashed.
Rockefeller Center
Advanced steel-frame construction techniques enabled this to be the world’s tallest building from 1913 to 1930.