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    Cloud Club - Wikipedia

    • The Cloud Club was a lunch club that occupied the 66th, 67th, and 68th floors of the Chrysler Building in New York City. At one time it was the highest lunch club in the world. It opened in 1930 and closed in 1979. See more

    History

    Texaco, a prospective tenant, had asked the management of the Chrysler Building to create a restaurant for … See more

    Design

    William Van Alen and Walter Chrysler had differing ideas of what the Cloud Club should be. The former had preferences for the modernist style while Chrysler had a preference for faux medieval and baronial styles. Cha… See more

    Composition

    McGrath stated that the space overall "seems almost preposterously small by today's standards" and because of all of the facilities inside it, its "backstage" areas "must have felt like a submarine - or, rather, like a very … See more

    Food

    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 … See more

    In fiction

    • 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 … See more

    Members

    • Walter P. Chrysler
    • Edward Francis Hutton
    • Condé Montrose Nast
    • Juan Trippe
    • Gene Tunney … See more

    External links

    • The Cloud Club Gallery at Decopix - The Art Deco Architecture Site
    • Pictures by Randy Juster at the Cloud Club's end See more

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