Abanini besakhiwo seChrysler eNew York baceba ukuthengisa i-skyscraper, ngokwengxelo zeendaba. Kodwa oku kusenokungabi lula, kuba olu phawu lweManhattan lwakhiwa ngo-1930.
Esi sakhiwo ngoku siphethwe yingxowa-mali ezimeleyo yase-Abu Dhabi, eyahlawula i-800 yezigidi zeedola ngesabelo sayo kungekudala ngaphambi kobunzima bezemali ngo-2008, kunye nomphuhlisi wase-US uTishman Speyer.
Indawo ekhethekileyo ye-1,046-feet art deco skyscraper yakhiwa ngo-1930 ekudibaneni kwe-42nd Street kunye ne-Lexington Avenue eManhattan. Ukususela ngoko, isakhiwo siye saba yenye yeesimboli zaseNew York. Kwade kwangowe-1953, ikomkhulu laseChrysler lalilapho, ngoko isakhiwo satshintsha abanini izihlandlo eziliqela.
Iingcali zichaza iingxaki abaza kujamelana nazo abanini-zakhiwo abatsha. Kwaye oko kuya kuchaphazela ixabiso layo. Ngokukodwa, isiseko esidala se-skyscraper. Oku kwenza ukuba kubize kakhulu ukulungisa. Ukongeza, ixabiso lokurenta umhlaba phantsi kwesakhiwo liyenyuka. Kwi-2017, umrhumo wawuyi-7.75 yezigidi zeedola. Kwaye ngo-2018, imali yatsibela kwi-32.5 yezigidi zeedola. Ngo-2028, iindleko zokurenta ziya kunyuka ziye kwi-41 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka.
Isakhiwo seChrysler esinemigangatho engama-77 eMpuma Manhattan savulelwa uluntu yiChrysler Corporation ngo-1930. Sayilwa ngumyili wezakhiwo uWilliam van Helen. I-skyscraper yayisisakhiwo sokuqala ukodlula i-Paris Eiffel Tower ngobude, kwaye yahlala isesona sakhiwo side ehlabathini de kwavulwa i-Empire State Building ngo-1931.
