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Social life in London has long revolved around members-only clubs such as Annabel’s or 5 Hertford Street, but the concept has largely been foreign in New York. Yet private clubs are on the rise ...
In 1903, The Brook was founded by some prominent members of the Union Club (as well as some members of other New York City private clubs, such as the Knickerbocker Club and Metropolitan Club). [11] In 1918, the Union began using women waitresses to free male employees for service related to World War I. [1]
The Down Town Association in the City of New York, usually referred to as the Down Town Association or the DTA, for short, is a private club in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. Located at 60 Pine Street, between William and Pearl Streets , it is both the fifth oldest private club in New York and the first private club formed ...
Most of these, however, are for-profit commercial enterprises neither owned nor controlled by members. London examples include the Groucho Club (established in 1985), [4] Soho House (1995) [5] and Home House (1998); [6] similar clubs operate in other cities and countries: for example, the CORE Club was established in New York City in 2005. [7]
The CORE Club (styled Core:) is a private members' club in New York City. It was founded in 2005 by Jennie Enterprise with funding from the property developer Aby Rosen.From 2005 to 2022 the CORE Club was based at 66 East 55th Street in Manhattan before moving to 711 Fifth Avenue in September 2023.
The Harvard Club of New York City, commonly called The Harvard Club, is a private social club located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Its membership is limited to alumni, faculty and board members of Harvard University. Incorporated in 1887, the club is located on adjoining lots at 27 and 35 West 44th Street.
The Metropolitan Club is a private social club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York. It was founded as a gentlemen's club in March 1891 by a group of wealthy New Yorkers led by the financier John Pierpont Morgan .
The Players (often inaccurately called The Players Club) is a private social club founded in New York City by the 19th-century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth. The club is located in a mansion at 16 Gramercy Park, built in 1847. Booth bought the house in 1888, reserved an upper floor for his residence, and turned the rest into a clubhouse.