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Manhattan was sold for $24 — now it costs nearly as much to get across town

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Before Saks , the Dutch West India Company got granted rights to sell the first US shmattas.

1626 , before divorce lawyers got so rich, the new area’s new governor, Peter Minuit , paid — straight out — the equivalent of $ 24 for all Manhattan .

Today it costs more to just get crosstown.

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