The Chrysler Building and the Empire State are very competitive buildings of New York City.   Both are beautiful landmarks built in the 20th century. Among the different background stories behind these two buildings, there are similarities that connect one with the other as skyscrapers of the city.

The Chrysler building was built by Walter Chrysler between the 1928 and 1930.  The architectural style used on this building was art deco. Even though the empire building was built by different architects, the architecture style is also art deco as the Chrysler. Plus, the Empire State building was built few years after the Chrysler building. The massing of the Empire State building is defined as a building which overall height including the tip is 1,250 feet tall with 102 stories.  The width of the building changes at the highest levels where the setbacks happens. On the other hand, The Chrysler Building massing is different, this is a 1,046 feet tall building with 77 stories. In comparison to the Empire State building this is shorter in massing.

In the Empire State buildings was built with tons of stainless steel and aluminum and millions of bricks, granites, and limestones were used for this skyscraper construction. Also, the Chrysler Building was made with stainless steel. Other materials used in the Chrysler were masonry, stone, marble and concrete. Structurally, the Empire State and the Chrysler Building were built under a rigid steel frame structure system. The top of the Chrysler building is more sculptural and artistically detailed to represent the Chrysler automobile and the machine age. In contrast to the Empire State building which is stiffer not as aesthetic as the Chrysler Building which represent more the art deco era.

In conclusion, both skyscrapers are very important because they represent New York City all over the world and provides people knowledge about how successful the skyscrapers and the art deco were in the 20th century.