As the lease agreement helped the actress half a century to rent an apartment in Manhattan for $ 28

New York actress 63 years he lived in Manhattan in the apartment that I rented for only $ 28. And all because in 1955 entered into a contract under which it was impossible to raise rents. She's gone now, and the landlord intends to make repairs in the apartment and rent it for $ 5,000.

The Manhattan apartment that Patricia shot for $ 28, is on Sixth Avenue, on the top floor of this 4 storey building

The building owner initially wanted more money, but in the end lowered the rent to $ 16, because the girls volunteered to sweep the hall and stairs. After some time neighbor moved out, and Patricia began to live in the apartment alone. But over the subsequent decade, rents rose by only a few tens of dollars. It's all in the contract that the girls signed when renting an apartment: one of his points was, that the rent cannot increase by more than 1.98 dollar to a certain period of time.

One of the friends actress once called her apartment "a dump with a special character", but thanks to savings on accommodation and the opportunity to live in the heart of new York Patricia was able to realize many of its dreams and plans.

Patricia O'grady was born in 1933 in Oakland, California, in the family physician. Over her shoulder — 50 years in theatre. His first role she played in the school musical in the early 50s, and the last in 2000 in the play The Dora Project. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 1955, Patricia came to new York and began working in children's theatre.

Patricia played on Broadway, participated in numerous theater productions and television series and has also starred in several films, including "Taxi driver" by Martin Scorsese and "Arizona dream" by Emir Kusturica.

16 years she lived in Greenwich village with her civil husband, producer and Director David Fulford, who died in 2009. Fellow actors have often used her living room as a rehearsal place. Many in the local theater community remember with love Patricia — she was a legend in this area of new York.

Despite his advanced age, O'grady continued to practice dancing twice a week at School of the Joffrey ballet, where he was a longtime and favorite student. In addition, the old woman regularly went for a swim.

Now the building owner plans to make major repairs and turn the old apartment of the actress in a two bedroom apartment to rent it for 5 thousand dollars a month — 16 566% more expensive than it cost Patricia O'grady.