tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7878679442519332226..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Marketing 166 Second Avenue in the 1920s: 'a desirable location for the modern home'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19789414925626322432023-02-05T16:35:33.677-05:002023-02-05T16:35:33.677-05:00I just found this post. The building has once agai...I just found this post. The building has once again become Warren Hall, now that it has recovered from decades of neglect and is charging around $3500 per month for studios and around $4500 for one bedrooms. Same plumbing and electricity, though, as in 1929. <br />ilenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248695463288947352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-30276396877681806172015-01-19T13:25:21.499-05:002015-01-19T13:25:21.499-05:00Yes I believe the rentals are annual for 1929... M...Yes I believe the rentals are annual for 1929... My mom lived in a similar type building in 1969 (rent controlled) and the rent was around $200.<br />James Westnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-75719075160984431502012-12-05T08:35:51.988-05:002012-12-05T08:35:51.988-05:00Those cannot be monthly rental prices in 1929. Ye...Those cannot be monthly rental prices in 1929. Yearly, maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57141353948989370642012-12-05T08:31:45.459-05:002012-12-05T08:31:45.459-05:00I am guessing that was a yearly rent not monthly: ...I am guessing that was a yearly rent not monthly: <br />http://magazine.elliman.com/market-intelligence/change-is-the-constant-in-a-century-of-new-york-city-real-estate<br />1920s: THE “ROARING TWENTIES”<br />Sale: $15 price per square foot<br />Rent: $60/month<br /><br />from another source: During the Great Depression, a typical rent for a 3-room, 350 square foot apartment in a tenement was $18 a month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44024567740271972842012-12-05T08:09:01.561-05:002012-12-05T08:09:01.561-05:00Actually, I'm pretty sure those rents are annu...Actually, I'm pretty sure those rents are annual....I did some research for a project a couple years ago, can't find it now but I think there's also rent info in the census reports back then.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91955946072328852112012-12-05T08:01:43.268-05:002012-12-05T08:01:43.268-05:00@ Dave on 7th
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@ Pinh...@ Dave on 7th<br /><br />I'll let you tell them!<br /><br />@ Pinhead<br /><br />Thanks for that link... Follow-up post! Woot.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-22873034227380742862012-12-05T07:52:29.900-05:002012-12-05T07:52:29.900-05:00The site of the 1850's Baptist Tabernacle.The site of the 1850's <a href="http://www.evtransitions.com/2010/11/tabernacle-baptist-church-second-ave.html" rel="nofollow">Baptist Tabernacle</a>.pinheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190184463719101350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68798335018798434562012-12-05T07:17:40.278-05:002012-12-05T07:17:40.278-05:00When you adjust for inflation that $700 becomes $9...When you adjust for inflation that $700 becomes $9469 and that $2600 becomes $35,171. So, it's a real bargain now. And, boy, are the owners of Veselka going to be surprised to find out their Ukranian restaurant is actually Polish.Dave on 7thnoreply@blogger.com