WALDOBORO, Maine — With more Americans planting their feet in throwaway shoes and athletic footwear, the neighborhood shoe repair shop might seem like a relic from the past and a candidate for ...

Shortly after World War II ended, Anthony Modica opened a shoe repair shop on Coast Highway in Corona Del Mar. Anthony’s Shoe Repair is still there at the intersection with Marigold Avenue, even ...

We talked to two shoe artisans who have not only survived but at times have more business than they can handle: Greg Martens of Olde Town Cobbler in Wauwatosa and Bruce Cziske of Shoe Healers in ...

Walk into almost any shoe repair store and it’s like stepping back in time with the smells of polish, glue and leather, and shelves of worn shoes that call to mind a cobbler shop from another century.

Alexandria Shoe Repair, 124 N. Fayette St., Alexandria; 703-549-8133. The oldest continually operating shoe repair in Virginia opened in 1896 and still draws them in with reasonable prices, ...

DULUTH, Minn.—For the first time in decades, the number of shoe repair shops in Duluth has increased. Now there are two. National observers say shoe repair—long a declining industry—has seen a ...