In a c. 1935 illustration of the Chrysler Building, a spotlight in the spire sheds its glow on the city below. Bridgeman Images As the New York Times reported in May 1929, skyscrapers had ...

Plus: 1 Seaport, a.k.a. 161 Maiden Lane—a six-hundred-and-seventy-foot, half-built luxury condo skyscraper in lower Manhattan—has been tilted at least three inches to the north since 2018.