Patent leather is the ultimate symbol of sleek sophistication. Whether you’re dressing for a business meeting, a date night, or a fashion-forward event, those glossy black heels or statement-colored ...

Yes, the shoe shine guy. Years ago, I’d read in the Advance his name was Carmine Rizzo, and he polished shoes for more than 30 years on the Staten Island Ferry, retiring in 2000 at the age of 76. He ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- They lined up in the lobby of Children's Hospital - doctors, nurses and volunteers - for the autograph of a shoe shine man from Monessen. His book, "Albert's Kids," tells stories ...

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NEW YORK — On a recent winter weekday at Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine, men hop onto shoeshine chairs and pull out newspapers and phones to read while shoeshiners get to work applying polish ...

In the days when people dressed up to fly, shoeshine stands were an airport staple. “People used to spend time getting ready to travel,” said Hector Diaz, who has managed the five locations of the ...

Philosopher David Hume once explained, “There is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three hours and 45 minutes. That's how long my round-trip commute took every day to Manhattan in the late '80s/early '90s as a college student. Bus to the Staten Island Ferry, ...