Highrise #136

**Chrysler Building** **Art by:** Chris Hytha **Story by:** Mark Houser As this and a competing skyscraper neared the finish of their race to the clouds in October 1929, headlines blared that the Manhattan Company Building would capture the title of world's tallest. But the Chrysler Building architect knew what reporters did not: Concealed inside his highrise's topmost stories was a 125-foot steel spire waiting to be hoisted up and bolted on. Walt Chrysler was a railroad mechanic who rose to executive rank before switching to the nascent automobile industry. He oversaw production for General Motors, then started his own car company and began building a huge factory to compete against GM ...View all