Harold E. Talbott Inland Manufacturing Division to build wooden steering wheels at the former Dayton-Wright plant. Talbott served as president of Inland. In 1925 Talbott moved to New York and became a director of Chrysler Corporation. In the 1930s he served as President of the Cloud Club located on the 66th, 67th, and 68th floors of the Chrysler Building in New York City. General Motors Corporation took a controlling interest in North American Aviation and merged it with its General Aviation division in 1933. In 1932 Talbott became chairman of the executive committee of NAA. In the 1930s he was also a director
New York Tribune Building York World newspaper, was built one block away. The Tribune Building was one of the first high-rise elevator buildings. Originally a nine-story building, between 1903 and 1905, nine more floors were added by the architects D'Oench & Yost and L. Thouyard to make it an 18-story building. The building has been put forward as a candidate for the first ever skyscraper. Pace University held its first classrooms in the building, renting out one room in 1906. The building was demolished in 1966 to make room for the 1 Pace Plaza building. New York Tribune Building The New York Tribune Building