tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post5191234609677430242..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Polish ParisBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-49690443715908278322009-02-17T15:53:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:53:00.000-08:00The best example of the sort of shoe store you'...The best example of the sort of shoe store you're talking about can be found downtown, on Trinity Place, right by the American Stock Exchange. Stapleton Shoes - do you know it? I swear, it's like a film set from 1958. If you don't know it, you should go have a look --> one of my pix of the place http://www.flickr.com/photos/benzadrine/2485383906/.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-36651693746671415062009-02-10T20:45:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:45:00.000-08:00When I was a little girl, in the 1960's I use...When I was a little girl, in the 1960's I used to love going to this shoe store. The store was one of the few that still had the old fashioned foot rulers and cushy fitting seats. One of the previous owners was named Harry. In fact I believe the store was once called Harry's Shoe Store. I adored Harry. He used to charm the little boys & girls with lollipops and charms. It was a place were children enjoyed going to. He was like a second Grandpa. It was the only store that my mom knew of, that sold my needed tap & ballet dancing shoes. Harry sent away to France for the satin pink laces that needed to be sewn onto my toe dancing shoes. And for extra money he would sew on the laces. When the work was done he asked me to stand on my toes for him. I did. And he gave me a box of lambs wool. The lambs wool was needed in the tip of the dancing shoe to soften those on the toes ballet steps. I regret not keeping those toe shoes. But when my mom passed away, I found the box of lambs wool at her apartment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com