From Chelsea to the UWS: Leaving a railroad apartment for a $325 rent-stabilized penthouse

Rents in the late 1960s and early 1970s in New York City … the apartment felt like a cave They decided to splurge on a rentstabilized penthouse on the Upper West Side The rent was … how things work out Editors Note Brick Undergrounds series  Transitions  features firstperson accounts of what its like …

By Kelly Kreth |August 21, 2020 - 12:30PM