Comments on: Inside the Needle: The Chrysler Building Gets Lit http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2002/03/inside-the-needle-the-chrysler-building-gets-lit Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Lindemeyer http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2002/03/inside-the-needle-the-chrysler-building-gets-lit/comment-page-1#comment-289203 Paul Lindemeyer Fri, 13 May 2011 03:19:08 +0000 #comment-289203 Doing the math reveals this piece was written in 1986. Ernie Colin came to work at the building at age 16 in 1951, and at the time of writing, was age 51. That's 35 years later. Too bad Mr. Michaelis couldn't take a photographer along - some of his descriptive language just cries out for illustration. Floors that are not on floors. An Alice-sized trapdoor. And just how big is a standard sheet of plywood? 4'x8' - giving the 77th floor an area of just 96 square feet. Doing the math reveals this piece was written in 1986. Ernie Colin came to work at the building at age 16 in 1951, and at the time of writing, was age 51. That’s 35 years later.

Too bad Mr. Michaelis couldn’t take a photographer along – some of his descriptive language just cries out for illustration. Floors that are not on floors. An Alice-sized trapdoor. And just how big is a standard sheet of plywood? 4′x8′ – giving the 77th floor an area of just 96 square feet.

]]> By: Anthony Riesner http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2002/03/inside-the-needle-the-chrysler-building-gets-lit/comment-page-1#comment-78345 Anthony Riesner Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:01:31 +0000 #comment-78345 On the Chrysler building, all the roofing & sheet metal work was done by Benjamin Riesner & Son Anthony Riesner On the Chrysler building, all the roofing & sheet metal work was done by Benjamin Riesner & Son

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