I drift out of the Grand Central and there it stands- the
spire of Chrysler stabbing the hazy sky of New York. Like a Steampunk rocket bound to Saturn. Perhaps the sky will
bleed all over Lexington and 42nd tonight.
Immortalised in movies- from Woody Allen's classics to Spiderman and Daredevil,The Chrysler is perhaps the most popular icon of New York's Art Deco skyline. It sets you in 'Phantom of the Opera' kinda mood right away.
Oh, and did you know that Batman's Gotham City is inspired by NYC. To quote New York Times journalist William Safire, Gotham City is "New York below 14th Street, from SoHo to Greenwich Village, the Bowery, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the sinister areas around the base of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges." Writer/artist Frank Miller has stated, "Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City is New York at night."
Immortalised in movies- from Woody Allen's classics to Spiderman and Daredevil,The Chrysler is perhaps the most popular icon of New York's Art Deco skyline. It sets you in 'Phantom of the Opera' kinda mood right away.
Oh, and did you know that Batman's Gotham City is inspired by NYC. To quote New York Times journalist William Safire, Gotham City is "New York below 14th Street, from SoHo to Greenwich Village, the Bowery, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the sinister areas around the base of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges." Writer/artist Frank Miller has stated, "Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City is New York at night."
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| The Chrysler, NYC |
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