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
Cloud Club and floors in pegged planks. It also had a Tudor-style lounge decorated in oak paneling in a mortise-and-tenon style. The main dining room, on the 67th floor, was located on the club's south side and had a capacity of 30 people. The north wall had a mural of Manhattan. The room was decorated with etched glass sconces and granite columns. The room had a view of New York City. The vaulted ceiling, in a Cathedral style, had a cloud mural. McGrath described it as having "a futuristic, Fritz Lang sort of look". A Renaissance-style staircase in marble and bronze connected