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$5 for a hotel in Manhattan?

posted 15 years ago by Consul_Incitatus
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I know, it wasnt the nicest hotel (although I've seen worse...)...but damn!

[–] jrs-8 15 years ago

Yeah it was a bit on the seedy side and you have to remember this was 43 years ago.

[–] Consul_Incitatus 15 years ago

Yeah, in today's money it would be more like $30, but that's still very cheap compared to what you could get in Manhattan today. That's more like what a seedy hotel would cost in Iowa...

[–] jrs-8 15 years ago

Too true but I guess seedy is seedy no matter where it is located.

[–] netshopper-2 14 years ago

He also wasn't looking to have the room for very long.

[–] karenporritt-1 13 years ago

According to the inflation calculator:

What cost $30 in 2010 would cost $4.84 in 1968.

Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 1968 and 2010,
they would cost you $30 and $190.65 respectively.

So it does make sense.

[–] poetcomic1 13 years ago

I can remember from this period that the chain Motel 6 was actually called that because they had clean modern rooms for $6 a night - and that was for two! LONG time ago.

[–] bradford-1 13 years ago

When I came to Manhattan to work in Sept. 1985, there was a seedy hotel catering to tourists and hookers down the street from my company in Times Square. Single rooms were $40 a day, double rooms were $50.

"May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?"

[–] poetcomic1 13 years ago

"May I bone your kipper, mademoiselle?"
That reminds me of:
Shoe salesman: Ma'am could I interest you in a casual pump?
Woman: Sure, I got time to look at shoes later.

[–] bradford-1 13 years ago

It's a line uttered by Clifton Webb to Audrey Dalton in TITANIC (1953). She's his daughter and a steward has just delivered breakfast to their stateroom the morning of April 14, 1912.
"May I bone your kipper, Mademoiselle?"

[–] poetcomic1 8 years ago

I doubt if Clifton ever boned ANY woman's kipper.

[–] sherpa50 12 years ago

In 1971 I was in NYC with a friend for my 21st birthday. I took my birthday loot & treated us to a night at the Plaza Hotel (we had been staying with relatives). The room was $60 & it was beautiful (the bathroom was all marble & huge). And I paid in cash - no credit card needed.

"I bet you write wonderful letters."

[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

how was the room service?

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[–] TorontoBlueJay 8 years ago

Free cockroaches as well!