“Some of San Francisco’s prestigious private clubs, long a redoubt of restrictive membership rules, antique trappings and secretive cultures, are being forced to adapt as sustaining membership grows difficult.

The Concordia-Argonaut, founded during the Civil War by a group that included Levi Strauss, has begun eliminating its $3,000 initiation fee to boost membership.”

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