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.Address: 405 Lexington Ave. (between 42nd and 43rd streets)
                New York

Architect: William Van Alen
Client:  Walter P. Chrysler, the automotive magnate.

Erected:   1930

The building is 77 stories high.
The height to the top of its spire is 1046 feet (319 meters)
- the Eiffel Tower is 1024 feet. 

It houses 32 elevators operating at a speed of up to 700 feet per minute.
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client = Kunde
to erect = errichten
story = Stockwerk		 spire = Spitze, Turmhelm
foot = Fuß (ca. 30 cm)
elevator = Aufzug, Lift
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