Art Deco in America

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Chrysler Building 319m

1931

Waldorf-Astoria 191m

Empire State Building 381m

20 Exchange Place 226m

500 Fifth Avenue 216m

1 Wall Street 199m

570 Lexington Avenue 195m

1932 1933

GE Building (Rockefeller Centre) 259m

400m

1930

40 Wall Street 283m

300m

200m

100m

0m Wall Street Crash

1929 70 Pine Street 290m





Before the crash in the 1920s were the most type, with some structures such as the Chrysler with marble on the walls as well. When mass production became really popular and 1930s, Terrazzo was used (cement mixed with marble chips) as a cheaper alternative.




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