bath and a swimming pool in the basement. The Turkish baths in the basement had been converted into a health club by the late 20th century. A women's parlor room, with red decorations, was added in the basement in 1962. Ground level The southern half of the ground level contained writing and reception rooms for men, while the northern half contained similar rooms for women. Adjacent to the 43rd Street entrance was the hotel's main office. About one-third of the ground floor was underneath a skylight, above which was the hotel's air shafts. A corridor led west from the 43rd Street entrance to the men's dining room and main dining room on Madison Avenue. Women's lounging rooms were on the north side of the corridor between the main entrance and main dining room. The main dining room covered . It contained dark-oak furniture and red carpets, upholstery, and window draperies; gold-colored decorations of birds and festoons; and marble walls and pilasters. The dining room's ceiling contained three glass chandeliers and Elizabethan-style gold-on-white decorations of classical figures in low relief. The men's dining room was and was designed in a similar style to the main dining room. The Palm Court and a main lounging room were next to the main dining room. The space connected the men's and women's rooms at ground level. The Palm Court had marble walls with bronze decorations. The center of the room contained a gilded clock measuring across; it consisted of two dials flanked by a pair of sculpted nude figures. The room also contained skylights and palm trees. The Palm Court's elliptical vaulted ceiling was interrupted by elliptical arches with carved friezes. The Palm Court became a popular meeting place; after the Biltmore Hotel closed, the Palm Court's clock was reinstalled in 335 Madison Avenue's lobby. To the east of the lobby was a nightclub known as the Bowman Room, which opened in October 1936. The space hosted performers such as Horace Heidt and Carmen Cavallaro. The room was renovated in 1942, and a bar was installed in the room in 1947. The shows in the Bowman Room were discontinued permanently in September 1949 after the federal government imposed a 20 percent excise tax on such shows. The Bowman Room was converted into a furniture storage room at some point before the hotel closed in 1981. Upper stories There were mezzanines above the ground level.