How much would Oscar's apt. go for nowadays? - The Odd Couple (1968) Discussion

[–] Medical001 19 years ago

I have no clue in New York. In Chicago on the East side maybe $5,000-$10,000.

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[–] ijones-9 19 years ago

That apartment in Manhattan today would go for no less than $2500.00 a month.

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[–] el_diablo2003 17 years ago

Depends on the sq. footage, but 2500 is a ridiculously low figure. It'd be closer to 8,000-9,000 but it probably wouldn't be rented at all. It'd be owned by some millionaire.

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[–] urciolo 18 years ago

20 years ago, I visited a friend living in a section of NY that wasn't as nice as Oscar's - certainly not as large. There were three bedrooms, two small bathrooms and a decent size living room. Unobstructed view, but nothing spectacular.

They were paying $4200 back then ($1400 each) for the priviledge.

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[–] hankaaron 17 years ago

The building just a couple of blocks away on 91st street, was purchased for $7 million US dollars in 1999. Now the owners are selling condos anywhere from $3 to $5 Million each!

Talking about flipping a property!

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[–] ae36 17 years ago

Yeah, but its that first 7 million that's tough to come by.

Takes money to make money I guess.

What do you think Oscar's apartment would have cost in 1968 to rent?

AE36

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[–] hankaaron 16 years ago

I'm not from New York, but a little research on the 'ol WWW brought me to this abbreviated article.

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A three-bedroom apartment with fireplaces and a wood-paneled living room is available for rent at Park Avenue and 61st Street for $1,150 a month. The address is socially impeccable, but one must walk through one bedroom to get to another, and the owner advises that one fireplace is a fake and the other probably does not work. [ END OF FIRST PARAGRAPH ]

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Given that NYC, at that time, exercised Rent Control and goverment susidies, it hard to come down with a number. But I would venture that $800.00 dollars would be in the ballpark.

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[–] keywestmusicinc 16 years ago

^^cool find. I assume you mistyped and mean it would go for about $8K today.

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[–] ae36 16 years ago

It is a neat find.

Looking at the blurb, it says the apartment in question requires one to walk through one bedroom to get to the other.

Sounds like the other bedroom was originally something like a dressing room or large walk in closet that was converted.

AE36

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[–] jc1305us 14 years ago

That apartment? Keeping in mind my buddy pays roughly 5k a month for a GIANT 2b/r in the east village, and Oscar's apartment could swallow that apartment 3-4 times, I'd say at least 15-20k a month at market rates. But remember, NYC has rent control laws, so Oscar would be paying almost the same amount today as he was 40 years ago! Crazy isn't it? And btw, that is my favorite apartment I've ever seen in any movie!

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[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

And btw, that is my favorite apartment I've ever seen in any movie! - jc1305us

I love Oscar's apartment. The last time I saw The Odd Couple, I was fantasizing about living there. I was peeking down the hallway that begins beside the kitchen, trying to figure out all the rooms behind the doors, and just thinking that it's a little house tucked away on one floor of a big building.

I'm intrigued by the exterior door in the kitchen, which seems to be at the end of this dark little hallway. Then I started wondering if they matched up the exterior hallway with the entrances into the apartment, and wondering if the windows seen inside the apartment would really be where they were based on the layout suggested by the outside hallway.

Minor quibbles. Hardly worth starting a typical IMDb thread lambasting the film for not being rigorously accurate about every little thing.

And, yes, I was also wondering how much it would cost today.

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[–] ae36 10 years ago

Besides being huge, it does have an interesting layout.

The back hallway you mention is one such example.

The apartment in effect has a "back door"-- as you leave the kitchen and walk down the main hallway, you see a bedroom on the right which is right behind the kitchen.

(on the left side of the hallway, there appears to be a bathroom and one other bedroom).

The master bedroom is at the end of the hall. If you turn right here, it appears there is a short hallway that leads to the back back door. One also assumes that if you go down this short hallway and turn right, you are in a back hallway that runs past the bedroom behind the kitchen and leads to a back entrance to the kitchen.

One wonders if that right side main hallway bedroom has a second door that that opens on the back hallway.

That back door and back hallway would be a useful design feature for a variety of reasons.

AE36

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[–] AlexanderBatey 10 years ago

The rent controlled apartments are for people who have rented them at a certain time. Anyone new renting pays market value.

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[–] brcanson-371-320454 9 years ago

very belated response. I lived on the UWS 1964-1970 so I can tell you.
1965 Bway and 98th st 7 rms 250.00/mo. I think. 1966 B'way and 107th
studio 90.00/mo. 1967 76th between CPW and Columbus studio 30.00/week.
I lived in other apts. too, but that's enough to give you a good idea

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[–] cjr3559 14 years ago

How about 8.5 million dollars for that exact place.

http://www.corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&listingid =1997098

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[–] jefgg 12 years ago

Would it be condo or co-op? There is a difference.

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[–] jmillerdp 9 years ago

$1 million...a month! 

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