Suitey analyzes Lucy and Ricky Ricardo’s’s Upper East Side apartment to show you how much it would take to live our lives in NYC black-and-white wonder.
Show Duration: 1951 – 1957
Plot: A daffy woman constantly strives to become a star along with her bandleader husband and gets herself in the strangest situations.
Awards and Nominations: I Love Lucy has 24 nominations and 7 wins.
Funny story about Lucille Ball…she was an awful human. Everything I read about her lends itself to the fact that she was nasty, insecure, unhappy, and just mean. I am so into that. Any person who can be that awful in real life and that entertaining on stage deserves a Lifetime movie. Now, lets assess the Ricardo apartment.
The Ricardos paid $125 a month in rent (to landlord Fred Mertz). They signed a 99 year lease! But when they moved to Connecticut, Mertz tore up their lease saving them 97 years in payments (around $150,000).
Location: 623 East 68th Street (68th Street between York and FDR)
Size: 1 bedroom, 1 bath
Floor: 4th (Apartment 4A)
Square footage: 650 sq ft
What would we pay today for it? $2,050 – $2,4500/mo
Location: 347 East 65th Street
Size: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
Floor: 4rd
Price: $2,495/mo
