Shoe Repair Taps Into Old-Time Values
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › August 11, 2005
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Contemporary cobblers have a saying that their biggest competitor is the trash can. Those words are achingly true for most in this age- old trade, including Lonnie Brown. The owner of Andy's Shoe Repair, 1622 E. Pikes Peak Ave., has watched rival shops join the mounting refuse heap of businesses becoming antiquated by the age of technology.
"We're a dying industry," he said of stores that specialize in shoe repair, shaking his head.See the full content of this document
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Shoe Repair Taps Into Old-Time Values
In the past two years, at least four local shoe repair shops have closed. Three were centrally located, and one was at Shops at the Bluffs at Austin Bluffs Parkway and North Academy Boulevard.
Brown, a fourth-generation ...See the full content of this document
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