Wangunan Chrysler kaajiang 14 yuta dolar Amerika, nanging kaluputang antuk pajeg kota manut undang-undang warsa 1859 sané ngicenin peluputan pajeg anggén situs-situs duwen Cooper Union.
The Chrysler Building was appraised at $14 million, but was exempt from city taxes per an 1859 law that gave tax exemptions to sites owned by the Cooper Union.