The cobbler is 54, young in a business that has grown old. His only child, a son, has already told him he won’t be taking over the family business when his father retires. It’s an honorable profession ...

The closet doors open, revealing rows of shoes. Some barely worn. Others showing their age. That pair of leather boots you love but haven't touched in months because of a ...

In the Sewickley Shoe Repair on Beaver St., Mario Ulizzi toils among rows of worn shoes and boots. The cobbler meticulously works various leathers, sometimes for hours, doing the work by hand. Ulizzi ...

EUSTIS — Customers felt as comfortable as an old shoe at Robert Dunston’s cluttered shop, where they could always count on a cheerful greeting to go with quality service. The 86-year-old practiced a ...

Each year, scores of old and broken shoes end up in the trash. In the United States, more than 300 million pairs of shoes get dumped in landfills annually. But taking simple steps to protect and ...

Canton — In a tiny cobbler’s shop spilling out of what was once a bank vault, dozens of pairs of shoes have come to rest: leopard-print high heels, intricately designed cowboy boots, sensible slip-ons ...