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Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, Citicorp Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Met Life, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, 2/4/10
View of Chrysler Building from Empire State Building, 2/4/10
View of Chrysler Building from Empire State Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, Citicorp Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, Citicorp Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of Met Life, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, Citicorp Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, United Nations, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, Met Life, Citicorp Building, 2/4/10
Aerial View of Chrysler Building and Trump World Tower from Empire State Building, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, 2/4/10
Midtown Manhattan from Empire State Building with Aerial View of East River, Chrysler Building, Trump World Tower, Queensborough Bridge, Queens, 2/4/10
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Owners: $5.4B NY housing complexes go to creditors

SAMANTHA GROSS  AP News
Jan 25, 2010 17:52 EST
Owners: 2 NYC apartment complexes bought for record $5.4B will be turned over to creditors. Like many homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth, the heavy hitters behind the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history are giving up the two massive apartment complexes they bought during the nation's housing boom.
 

Dubai's decline gives way to Abu Dhabi's rise

BARBARA SURK  AP Features
Jan 06, 2010 09:47 EST
The Emirates' oil-rich capital Abu Dhabi cashes in Dubai's struggle to pay its bills. There's no greater symbol of the shifting fortunes in the Gulf than the surprise renaming of the world's tallest building in Dubai after the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi, who bailed out the faltering city state.
 

Dubai's decline gives way to Abu Dhabi's rise

BARBARA SURK  AP News
Jan 06, 2010 08:23 EST
The Emirates' oil-rich capital Abu Dhabi cashes in Dubai's struggle to pay its bills. There's no greater symbol of the shifting fortunes in the Gulf than the surprise renaming of the world's tallest building in Dubai after the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi, who bailed out the faltering city state.
 

Autistic artist finds inspiration in New York city

Nick Olivari  Reuters Life! Online Report
Nov 03, 2009 11:56 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed as autistic at aged three, did not speak until five but as an adult sells his art for thousands of British pounds.
 

Cox Enterprises agrees to sell 13 NC newspapers

Staff  AP News
Jul 20, 2009 16:09 EDT
Cox Enterprises agrees to sell 13 North Carolina newspapers to Cooke Communications. Cox Enterprises Inc. said Monday it has agreed to sell more than a dozen North Carolina newspapers to a company headed by the son of late billionaire Jack Kent Cooke.
 

Sensitivity pays off for Sands

Staff  Las Vegas Sun
Jun 12, 2009 20:00 EDT
Planning Bethlehem, Pa., project, company showed respect for local values. How did a Las Vegas-based resort company get the deeply religious, working-class community of Bethlehem, Pa., to embrace a casino?
 

U.S. casino honors steel past, boosts economic hopes

Jon Hurdle  Reuters Life! Online Report
May 27, 2009 02:19 EDT
BETHLEHEM, Penn. (Reuters Life!) - Where blast furnaces once forged steel beams to build American skyscrapers, thousands of blinking slot machines with names like "Stinking Rich" now lure gamblers to eastern Pennsylvania.
 
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:

Chrysler Building
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Chrysler Building was the world's tallest building from 27 May 1930 to 1931.[I]
Record height
Preceded by40 Wall Street
Surpassed byEmpire State Building
General information
Location405 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY, United States
Constructed1928-1930
UseOffice
Height
Antenna or spire318.9 m (1,046 ft)
Roof282.0 m (925 ft)
Top floor274.0 m (899 ft)
Technical details
Floor count77 [1]
Floor area1,195,000 sq ft (111,000 m2)
Elevators32
Companies involved
ArchitectWilliam Van Alen
OwnerUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Investment Council (90%)

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Chrysler Building is located in New York City
Location in New York City

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|- |Coordinates: |40°45′6.12″N 73°58′31.08″W / 40.7517°N 73.9753°W / 40.7517; -73.9753 |-

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|- |Architectural style(s): |Art Deco |-

|- |Governing body: |Local |-

|- |Added to NRHP: |1976[2] |-

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|- |Designated NHL: |December 8, 1976[3] |-

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|- |NRHP Reference#: |75001237 |-

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