03 October 2008

how the value changes- forty years in nyc.

Box seats at Yankee Stadium, Then: $4, Now: $250
Frozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity, Then: $1.75, Now: $8.50
Hamburger at the 21 Club, Then: $5/Now: $30

Pack of Marlboros, Then: $0.35/ Now: $9
Martini at the Algonquin Hotel, Then: $1.25/Now: $18
Room at the Waldorf-Astoria, Then: $18.43, Now: $559
One pound of Nova Scotia Lox, Then: $9.94, Now: $34

Prices are not adjusted to inflation. What you see is what you paid. The details span over forty years and the stats were inspired by NY Mag.


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