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
F. W. Woolworth Building (Watertown, New York) bottom floor of the building in the ensuing years, while the upper five floors remained occupied by various business offices. In 2007, declining occupancy and poor maintenance led to the building's closure. In 2008, a developer purchased the building, with hopes of converting it into a boutique hotel, which would bear the Woolworth name. This plan was abandoned in 2012 in favour of a proposal to transform the upper floors into low-income residential apartments. , the interior was in poor condition. Restoration work began in November 2013 and was expected to continue into 2015. As of early 2015 the restoration