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.

1 comment:

Don Coffin said...

What a great story. I could have used that when I was still teaching intro econ (and talking about rent controls).