A cobbler’s shop on West 10th Street near Avenue of the Americas in the West Village experienced a fire that was devastating for many. The fire happened in December 2008 and the owner of the shop has not been able to open his doors for business from all the red tape and paper work still pending completion.
Owners of the shoes dropped-off at the shop pass by the shuttered doors and windows in which they are being held. Some of the shoes being repaired are worth as much as $1000 and their owners, reports The New York Times, desperately miss them.
The shop owner misses his work. He does not know when he will be able to attain the 200-plus pairs of shoes that were in the building at the time of the fire. The managers of the building in which his space is rented changed the locks to the shop and have not handed over the keys, preventing business continuity. The building’s management company still needs to make necessary repairs to ensure proper recovery before the doors can open.
