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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2015, 09:59 PM Jun 2015

Longtime Empire State Building Shoe Repair Shop Loses Lease

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/19/louis-shoe-rebuilders-lease/

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — After 94 years in business, a shoe repair shop in the Empire State Building is getting the boot and closing its doors for good after losing its lease.

Louis Shoe Rebuilders was established in 1921 and moved into the Empire State Building when the skyscraper opened its doors in 1931.
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Longtime Empire State Building Shoe Repair Shop Loses Lease (Original Post) LiberalElite Jun 2015 OP

... shenmue Jun 2015 #1

He's been paying 10k a month in rent.... Historic NY Jun 2015 #2

shenmue

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Fri Jun 19, 2015, 10:11 PM

Jun 2015

Historic NY

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2. He's been paying 10k a month in rent....

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Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:27 PM

Jun 2015

yikes. We have a Chinese couple in one of are now failing malls they been there for years. I had a new pair of heels put on it was $60.00 they could probably make more business for themselves by getting out of the expensive rental to a more inexpensive stand along building.

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