Chrysler Building Chrysler eventually built and paid for the building's subway entrance. Work on the new entrance started in March 1930 and it opened along with the Chrysler Building two months later. The basement also had a "hydrozone water bottling unit" that would filter tap water into drinkable water for the building's tenants. The drinkable water would then be bottled and shipped to higher floors. The private Cloud Club formerly occupied the 66th through 68th floors. It opened in July 1930 with some three hundred members, all wealthy males who formed the city's elite. Its creation was spurred by Texaco's wish for
Cloud Club and a locker room. During the Prohibition alcohol was stored in cabinets in the locker room. The fruit served included "No. 18" pink grapefruits, larger than supermarket grapefruits, and melons that were produced in a farm in Upstate New York owned by a club member. The most well-known dishes were bread-and-butter pudding, black bean soup, and Dover sole. The Cloud Club is featured in Matthew Barney's "Cremaster 3". The Cloud Club is mentioned in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Voice". It is mentioned in the song "The Story Of The Eggs" by the New York City band Wheatus. It is from