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“PERHAPS ONE OF the reasons Doubles is still here 40 years later,” explains Wendy Carduner, proprietor of the private club in question, “is because each successive generation feels a connection to a place where they have been coming since they were two years old.” While celebrating an anniversary, especially one as important as a 40th, might lead some people to look to the past, Wendy is looking instead to the next generation of members for inspiration. “We have created an environment where, 40 years later, the younger and youngest members are as
attached to the club as the oldest members—to me that is very complimentary and it means you are reaching out to every single age group, which is extremely important for longevity.” We all know why it’s easy to love Doubles: from the moment you breach the unassuming door inside the SherryNetherland entrance, and descend the lushly carpeted stairs, you know you’ve entered a more welcoming and gentle world than the one you left outside. Certain standards of civility are expected and met, both from the members and the
This page, clockwise from top left: Ivanka Trump and daughter Arabella; Christine and Steve Schwartzman; Muffie Potter Aston with her twins, Ashleigh and Bracie; Suzanne Johnson and her son; Karen LeFrak, Sharon Bush, Cornelia Bregman, Joan Spitzer, Jamie Gregory, Grace Meigher, and Martha Kramer; George Farias, Alison Mazzola, Anne Hearst McInerney, and Jay McInerney. Opposite page: Wendy Carduner, proprietor of Doubles, flanked by Mark Gilbertson (left) and Doug Steinbrech (right).