If you were visiting New York 70 years ago, you wouldn’t want to be stuck in a room without a radio. So the Hotel Chesterfield, 130 W. 49th St., all rooms with a radio, sounds like a good choice. A single room was $3 a night, with a double going for $4. Adjusted for inflation, that works out to $33.80 and $45.07. I bet you can’t find a room in Manhattan for that price today.
The ad appeared in the Washington Evening Star seventy years ago today, March 24, 1953. You can read more about the hotel at this link.