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"textContent": "\n\n For some young men, legacy and privacy will always trump big money—and zucchini chips.\n\n##### Trendy new members’ clubs are taking over Manhattan, but some young men are opting for the city’s Gilded Age mainstays instead—trading flashy perks for old-school allure\n\nBy Andrew Zucker\n\nFor some time, Manhattan’s private-club scene has experienced vertiginous growth. Mario Carbone launched a Hudson Yards joint, ZZ’s Club, in 2023; chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten descended upon the Meatpacking District to open a point-one-percent-filled catacomb, Chez Margaux; Sunset Tower proprietor Jeff Klein descended upon the city last year to open one of his San Vicente clubs in the former Jane Hotel (disclosure: I am a member); even Kith, the clothing brand, joined the trend with Kith Ivy, a $36,000-initiation-fee hideout that opened a few months ago near Hudson River Park.\n\nBut as the new guard of hospitality impresarios dot the READ ON",
"title": "The Gentlemen's Hour"
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