Sex, swingers and the mafia: Inside notorious NYC club Plato’s Retreat

Sex, swingers and the mafia: Inside notorious NYC club Plato’s Retreat

Sex was Larry Levenson’s domain.  As the owner of swank swingers’ lounge Plato’s Retreat, located inside the Upper West Side’s Ansonia Hotel, he epitomized late 1970s hedonism in NYC — and even made partner-swapping mainstream. It was an unlikely path for the Bronx-born Levenson, an absentee father of three who had previously worked as the … Read more