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Old Posted Sep 13, 2010, 7:27 PM
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The above view is the best; the narrow front of the building is much more graceful that the slab-like sides.



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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork View Post
Arto Deco towers like this, ESB and Chrysler are the physical embodiment of God's glory here on Earth
The Art Deco towers are indeed glorious but religion has nothing to do with it.

Most skyscrapers* are monuments to mammon rather than God as I believe was mentioned about the Woolworth Building (Cathedral of Commerce).

* There is at least one exception (the 568 foot high Chicago Temple Building).
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