Dear OTC readers, I wanted to take a step back in time to share this story which I published in OTC back in the fall of 2009. A harrowing story of two young men who climbed the Third Flatiron and painted the letter “C". It is one of my favorite stories in the many years I've been publishing this newsletter. It was a pleasure to interview Dale Johnson, one of the men, who lived in the neighborhood with his wife Frandee Johnson. Dale passed away in 2012. He would've been 91 years old today. Back in 2009 the average sales price in Lower Chautauqua was $738,000. The average price per square foot was $358/sqft and the highest price home sale that year was $1,050,000. It was time of The Great Recession. I was five years into my real estate career and my kids were 4 and 6 years old. Today they are 18 and 20 and this market my 18th year in the biz. Gee, how time flies. Thank you all for reading this all these years and for your personal compliments along the way. Enjoy the climb up this rock again - it’s a good one!
On The Corner, 2nd Quarter 2022