# The Chrysler Building

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 17, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316 "2001-03-17T01:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/1 "2001-03-17T01:16:26Z")

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i have seen one picture of this building taken at _night._ The diamonds on the art-deco style tower supposedly glow blue at night. Do they? I’m sure this building was put up before anybody ever thought about aircraft warning lights…

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/2 "2001-03-17T01:40:53Z")

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Sounds like a GQ, but what the heck.

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> In the 1980’s, the triangular windows were illuminated at night…

[http://www.thecityreview.com/chryslerb.html](http://www.thecityreview.com/chryslerb.html)

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/3 "2001-03-17T02:19:07Z")

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Along the same lines… I heard some time ago that there’s supposedly a restaurant in the spire. I don’t remember the details, but I remember the person saying it was closed soon after the building opened and hasn’t been used since.

Any Truth to this?

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/4 "2001-03-17T02:25:01Z")

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Thanks, Shiva. 🙂 (Frankly, I have never been to New York myself; I just saw a picture of this.)  
That would _really_ be a waste, Cnote Chris. ☹

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/5 "2001-03-17T02:53:48Z")

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Well I’ll be damned- I found it.

[The Cloud Club](http://www.luciddreams.com/chryslerbuilding/frames.html). \* Previewing revealed it wouldn’t link to the correct page. At the top, click ‘Cloud Club + Observatory’.

Some damn cool pictures of the club/restaurant I’d heard about. Check out the links towards the bottom of the page too.

It really is a shame it couldn’t be used.

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**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chrysler-building/58316/6 "2001-03-17T02:55:35Z")

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Do a Google seach on Chrysler building.

The sites mention there was an observatory in the spire for a while. It is now office space.

The Cloud Club, long closed, was on the top floors, supossedly a prohibition era speakeasy. One site mentions someone talking last year about putting a restaurant where the Cloud Club used to be.