The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.

The Art Institute of Chicago said a $75 million gift, the largest naming gift in the museum’s history, will be used for a new building for modern art galleries. Its current campus is pictured ...

The original building, totaling 70,000 square feet, was designed in Art Deco style by Boston-area architects Cram & Ferguson. It was completed in 1952.