Shoe repair is one of those lost in time services few use in our throw-away society. It's so much easier to buy a new pair of shoes, as to having the old pair fixed up.
Yet, there are those who still find that old pair of shoes worth saving, and take them in for repairs.
Unfortunately Rogers Park lost one of it's cobbler shops last year when John Geroulis fell ill and couldn't work the shop. Neighbor's constantly stop by the Morse Avenue shop and poke their heads in the window, looking to see if John was open.
All walk away disappointed.
This past month marked a point where the landlord, Peter Kostopoulos, has finally decided to get all the shoe fixing equipment out of the space. John's - and his father's legacy - will be packed up and either stored - or sold, according to my source. See, even before John got sick, he owed the landlord some serious dollars in back rent.
The cobbler has been on Morse Avenue since 1921, so there's a lot of rich history in shoe repair equipment. From what I've been told, Morse Market is expanding and this space is needed for that purpose. I'm guessing selling John's stuff will ease some of the back rent pain, too.
4 comments:
Who is now writing the posts for Morse Hellhole? It couldn't possibly be Craig Gernhardt...the sentence construction and grammar and punctuation is mostly correct.
Craig...who did you get to do this for free?
I am very sad to hear this. I have had a number of shoes and bags repaired by this wonderful cobbler.
John is a wonderful guy and he will be greatly missed, at least by me. I'm very sorry to hear of his illness, and I'm also sorry to hear that the area did not support his business.
4:35 AM, grammer cop, get some coffee. Joe Lake
Maybe if he'd taken plastic he could had made more money and not fall behind in rent.
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