Cloud Club closed in the evening. Many famous executives based in the tower had lunch in the club. The club was only for men for several decades. In the 1950s and 1960s newer clubs opened, causing the attendance at the Cloud Club to decrease. In 1971 180 corporations supplied 300 members of the club. The club declined more as competition from other clubs increased and as companies moved offices to suburban areas. Texaco moved its employees to Westchester, New York in 1977, and the club closed in 1979. Tishman Speyer, which took over the Chrysler Building in 1998 and refurbished it, leased
Princeton Club of New York alumni, faculty, and students of Princeton University, as well as alumni of a select number of affiliated schools such as the Northwestern University, London School of Economics (LSE) and Columbia University. Early in the 21st century, the alumni of New York University, whose own club closed in 1989, became eligible for membership. The club's membership has more recently been augmented by the admittance of the former Williams Club members and alumni from other elite universities are eligible for membership including: Princeton Club of New York The Princeton Club of New York is a private club located in Midtown Manhattan, New