i finally found the amherst club

Well after many feelings of being left out of the University Club scene in New York (and Boston too), I finally found the Amherst Club! Of course we have to share with a host of other schools, but they are pretty decent enough schools I guess.

As it so happens, the University Club at 54th and 5th Avenue is a secret club of sorts. What do they do in there?? I was really curious so I asked. The man at the desk wouldn't really tell me. All he would tell me was that you have to be sponsored by a member and then approved. Who are the members? Industrial statesmen, I would imagine. I don't know if I know any. I don't really want to join, but it's always nice to be asked.

The architecture firm of Charles McKim, William Mead and Stanford White, who were all members of the University Club, got the architectural commission to design the new club. McKim designed a $1 million building, which still sets the standard for large urban club buildings. The day of the low-rise club - like the three-story Century Association built in 1891 on West 43rd Street - was passing, and McKim built a six-story building that appeared to be only three by using high, arched openings. [source: NYTimes]