In a city where rents have gone through the roof, one tenant held on to a real steal: US$28.43 a month for a Manhattan apartment.
The New York Post reported that was what Patricia O’Grady paid for the Greenwich Village walk-up where she moved in 1955. She stayed until she died recently at 84.
O’Grady lived there with three other aspiring actresses who swept the hallway in exchange for their US$16 rent.
There was no furniture, no sink, no bath, and no hot water or heat. But they…
Source : South China Morning Post
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