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Wealthy New York plots fetch record prices per acre
The article notes the Bank of England site and adjoining c p Huntington Waldorf Astor properties on Fifth Avenue sell for astronomical sums. Huntington buys a 10 by 125 foot strip for 54000 dollars, about 13.5 million dollars per acre, and a 350 square foot corner lot on Broad and Wall fetches 323 dollars per foot, nearly 11 million dollars per acre.
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