Having a good shoe repairman in New York City is like having a good mechanic in LA. You just can’t negotiate life on the streets without one.
Having a good shoe repairman in New York City is like having a good mechanic in LA. You just can’t negotiate life on the streets without one.
Directed by: Aaron Cassara
Lorenzo Powell first learned his trade working in his father’s shoe repair shop in Harlem in the late 70’s and 80’s. Back then, Harlem was acutely economically depressed. People wore their shoes until their feet touched the sidewalk—and they brought them right to Lorenzo’s family shop.
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