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
The Metropolitan Club The Metropolitan Club The Metropolitan Club is a private social club in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1891 as men only, but now allows women into membership. The Metropolitan Club was formed in 1891 by J. P. Morgan, who served as its first president. It was actually the second organization with that name in its neighborhood. "The New York Times" reported Tuesday, March 10, 1891, about the name selected the prior Saturday: There is already a Metropolitan Club, which for some years has occupied quarters in the neighborhood in which the millionaires think of building. Actually, the