The Daily Populous Monday September 16th, 2024 morning edition
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Klutzy_Association57 on September 16th, 2024 at 00:02 UTC »

Apartments - Manhattan 1930’s

This old newspaper was found in the insulation of an apartment in Manhattan. It is from the 1930s. It shows a couple of apartments and how much money a month it was back then. Some of them are $9 a week.

It would be so cool to know if some of these places are still around and how much they are now.

Edit: Seems to be weekly prices.

KenKessler on September 16th, 2024 at 00:12 UTC »

A 3-4 room in manhattan adjusted for inflation would be $400. Insane how bad housing is now.

Edit: I previously had put 3-4 bedrooms instead of rooms

HehNeat on September 16th, 2024 at 00:23 UTC »

I imagine these apartments were a luxury back then. Hot water, gas, sun, private baths… These were listed as the apartment’s features which is totally normal for back then but damn that’s weird to think about.