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Post by CrazyForKate on Sept 1, 2010 16:40:13 GMT -5
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Post by martha on Sept 1, 2010 18:39:48 GMT -5
wow. i must walk by again soon. now it doesn't feel as thought i'm violating her personal privacy, you know?
$27,500 eh? perhaps we could do a single night event. wow, what an idea.
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Post by Serena on Sept 2, 2010 16:16:59 GMT -5
Cool, if I sold my flat I could rent that one for a couple of months maybe ;D
I have never been to NY but if I ever go, I will make sure I visit it.
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Post by courtneymarie on Sept 2, 2010 19:29:20 GMT -5
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Post by dreamer on Sept 2, 2010 23:58:27 GMT -5
Great news  Found some more photos  |
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Post by CrazyForKate on Sept 3, 2010 0:29:46 GMT -5
Thanks Dreamer!  I could totally afford to rent it...for two minutes...isn't that fairly close to what Kate originally bought the place for? For some reason I'm thinking she paid ~37,500...oh, inflation. |
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Post by Serena on Sept 3, 2010 4:59:38 GMT -5
Thank you for the pictures, Dreamer!
Wow, what a beautiful house! If I were rich I wouldn't think twice about renting it (a girl can dream, right?).
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Post by Judy on Sept 3, 2010 5:42:49 GMT -5
Thanks Dreamer! I could totally afford to rent it...for two minutes...isn't that fairly close to what Kate originally bought the place for? For some reason I'm thinking she paid ~37,500...oh, inflation. CFK - In an interview she gave to a colleague of mine in the mid-seventies, she said: "I used to rent it for $100 a month. Imagine that . . . Bought it for 26 thousand bucks in about 1936 or '37 . . . Very lucky." And in her interview with Phil Donahue, which I just happened to look at again yesterday, the figure she gave was EXACTLY $27,500. Spooky - that I should watch this on the day these announcements hit the internet. The neighborhood has changed markedly since she her time there. Just think of the changes that occurred when she DID live there. When she moved in, she was only steps away from both the Second Avenue AND the Third Avenue El (elevated) train lines. Would have made that area much darker and noisier for the first decade she was in that house. But very, very New York. Even though $27,500 was a lot of money in the mid-thirties, she MAY have gotten away with not payiing more for it because of its proximity to the trains. The Second Ave line came down in, I believe, around 1941 or 42 and went out of service, and the Third Avenue line around a decade later - this was before it all went underground. Now a new Second Avenue line has been under construction for three or four years - underground, of course. As for the existing neighborhood, it is still charming but slowly but surely it has been encroached by giant buildings - one right on her corner that I can only imagine she would have hated and fought like to hell to try to prevent. But it's still a lovely area. |
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Post by martha on Sept 3, 2010 14:06:59 GMT -5
Thanks Dreamer! I could totally afford to rent it...for two minutes...isn't that fairly close to what Kate originally bought the place for? For some reason I'm thinking she paid ~37,500...oh, inflation. CFK - In an interview she gave to a colleague of mine in the mid-seventies, she said: "I used to rent it for $100 a month. Imagine that . . . Bought it for 26 thousand bucks in about 1936 or '37 . . . Very lucky." And in her interview with Phil Donahue, which I just happened to look at again yesterday, the figure she gave was EXACTLY $27,500. Spooky - that I should watch this on the day these announcements hit the internet. The neighborhood has changed markedly since she her time there. Just think of the changes that occurred when she DID live there. When she moved in, she was only steps away from both the Second Avenue AND the Third Avenue El (elevated) train lines. Would have made that area much darker and noisier for the first decade she was in that house. But very, very New York. Even though $27,500 was a lot of money in the mid-thirties, she MAY have gotten away with not payiing more for it because of its proximity to the trains. The Second Ave line came down in, I believe, around 1941 or 42 and went out of service, and the Third Avenue line around a decade later - this was before it all went underground. Now a new Second Avenue line has been under construction for three or four years - underground, of course. As for the existing neighborhood, it is still charming but slowly but surely it has been encroached by giant buildings - one right on her corner that I can only imagine she would have hated and fought like to hell to try to prevent. But it's still a lovely area. here's even more calculation fun (and thanks for providing the summary of the dollar factoids, judy!) adjusting 1936 dollar for inflation using www.usinflationcalculator.com/ [don't ask, i used to do this kind of thing for a living ... at least my research tasks would reach as far as adjusting dollars for inflation ] $27,500 (1936 dollars) is the equivalent of $431,316.73 (in 2010 dollars) adjusting Kate's estimated initial $100/month rent $100 (1936 dollars) $1,568.42 (in 2010 dollars) So I guess this puts the old dollars in perspective, and also tells us that there's a "fame bounty" being charged here ... as there should be I suppose .. |
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Post by turtlebay on Sept 8, 2010 0:04:50 GMT -5
In a perfect world, Oprah would buy it and turn it in to the Katharine Hepburn Footlights Club. A non for profit organization dedicated to helping young aspiring actors (women only) find lodging in New York while studying their trade. Maybe like two year scholarships. Of course it would be run by a Constance Collier/Phyllis Wilbourn type character with an old handyman like Charles (I think that was his name). And Monday thru Friday visits by an Irish Dame to help with the cooking/housework.
Of course the neighbors would be in an uproar but I'm thinking only about eight young women or so. What the heck, the Ukrainian Consulate or something is next door.
Kanin wanted to write a play about the home. Kate would never be in it. Just her family/friends/acquaintances staying while she was off doing Shakespeare somewhere.
One can dream, can't they Oprah?
Jim
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Post by CrazyForKate on Sept 8, 2010 13:46:35 GMT -5
That would be epic. We can dream, can't we?
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Post by moonriver on Sept 15, 2010 7:23:57 GMT -5
Very beautifull place, right?
The house of my dream is a house in the city with a internal garden!
I love it!
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It's a beautiful home and it's in a lovely neighborhood...I love Turtle Bay...when I was there last year it was rented and being lived in...at least there was a newspaper on the front gate...lol 
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