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1932 Apartment Listings for D.C.

Check out rental priced in Washington from 1932. This is going to make you feel bad about what you’re paying today.

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Here’s an old page from The Washington Post on Sunday, July 3rd, 1932 showing the apartment listings for that weekend. Click on it for a larger image and see if you recognize any of the old buildings, or if your building is one there.

1932 Washington Post apartment listings
1932 Washington Post apartment listings

You could get some pretty sweet apartments back then for reasonable prices!

How about Alban Towers for $60, the Envoy for $50, or the DuPont Circle (not apartments today) for $37.50?

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