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
66th New York Volunteer Infantry 66th New York Volunteer Infantry The 66th New York Volunteer Infantry (or National Guard Rifles) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 66th New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York and mustered in for three years service on November 4, 1861, under the command of Colonel Joseph C. Pinckney. The regiment was attached to Graham's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to January 1862. French's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps, to March 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division,