I just bought a book the other day that has lots of photo reference for the project I'm working on right now. It's a book that shows nothing but aerial views of Seattle and the surrounding areas. One such photo is of a downtown gentleman's club called The University Club and I found the caption for it to be of particular interest:
I find this interesting because MK?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s vision, if I may, is for the Fedora Lounge to become a sort of online gentleman?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s club, yet this caption of a true gentleman?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s club shows it to be very discriminatory in not only the sex of it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s members but their social and political backgrounds as well. Neither of these criteria is used in the selection of members for the lounge. This is for the best I think. I do like the idea of the lounge being off limits to the general public. I'm not saying membership be denied to those that want to join but that the viewing of the board and reading of all topics be hidden from the casual observer.
Thoughts?
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB at the corner of Boren and Madison is probably Seattle?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s most exclusive club. But don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t take that too seriously. Its membership is not allowed to exceed 250 (no women allowed) and its red-roofed three-story wood building is nothing to make an architect faint with joy. This all-male bastion of businessmen is discouraged from discussing business within its undistinguished walls. Men, well heeled or ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äúconnected, just enjoy each other. As one woman journalist wrote, ?¢‚Ǩ?ìThe University Club has neither fine athletic facilities nor elegant d?ɬ©cor ?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ it is simply a place where a select group of men meet to enjoy each other?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s company, away from people of differing race, religion, sex, or social class. As it is, the organization?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s selectivity and secrecy give it a certain glamour.?¢‚Ǩ?
I find this interesting because MK?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s vision, if I may, is for the Fedora Lounge to become a sort of online gentleman?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s club, yet this caption of a true gentleman?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s club shows it to be very discriminatory in not only the sex of it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s members but their social and political backgrounds as well. Neither of these criteria is used in the selection of members for the lounge. This is for the best I think. I do like the idea of the lounge being off limits to the general public. I'm not saying membership be denied to those that want to join but that the viewing of the board and reading of all topics be hidden from the casual observer.
Thoughts?