40th Anniversary - A Look at the Exponential Rise in Cost of Living -- New York Magazine

What Things Cost

Burger at ‘21’ Club	Movie Ticket	Triborough Bridge toll	Knish at Yonah Schimmel

$5 → $30	$3.75 → $12	$.25 → $5	$.35 → $3
New York University Undergraduate Tuition	Pack of Marlboros	Broadway-Show Ticket	Room at the Waldorf-Astoria

$2,100 → $37,372	$.35 → $9	$6.21 → $113.18	$18.43 → $559
Box Seats at Yankee Stadium	Martini at the Algonquin Hotel	Average Taxi Fare (2.5-Mile)	The New York Times

$4 → $250	$1.25 → $18	$1.48 → $11.14	$.10 → $1.50
Large Cheese Pizza at Lombardi's	Marijuana (per ounce)	MoMA Admission	Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate

$4.50 → $19.50	$15 → $400	$1.25 → $20	$1.75 → $8.50
One Pound of Nova Scotia Smoked Salmon	Village Vanguard Cover Charge	Subway Fare	Financial District Shoe Shine

$9.95 → $34	$3.50 → $25 (No drink minimum to $10 drink minimum)	$.20 → $2	$.25 → $3

Why New York Is a Boom-Bust-Boom Town	Catching Up With Notable Newsmakers
Jay McInerney on the Rise of the Yuppie	Four Decades of Nights on the Town
Pete Hamill Revisits His Native Brooklyn	A Portfolio of New York Actors
The Never-Ending Parade of Street Fashion	More From the 40th Anniversary Issue