Sunday, July 16, 2017
The Little Old Lady Who Terrorized New York's Famed Plaza Hotel
'The Eloise from Hell': The Little Old Lady Who Terrorized New York's Famed Plaza Hotel: Still, in all the annals of rent control, Fannie Lowenstein stands a cut about the rest: For 35 years, she paid around $500 a month for a three-room suite in the Plaza Hotel overlooking Fifth Avenue and Central Park—the sort of accommodation that could cost guests more than $1,000 a night.
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What a great story. I could have used that when I was still teaching intro econ (and talking about rent controls).
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