Gavigan began apprenticing with a local shoe repair person, and eventually opened up his own shop on Elmwood called Sole Man. Since opening, Gavigan has learned the ropes quickly, and efficiently.

Basic repairs like adding taps to dress shoes cost as little as $3, fixing a broken boot zipper starts at $15, and he’ll never push the more expensive of two repair options if the cheaper is ...

The soles had bald patches ... Choose your type of shoe, the service you’re looking for (repair, cleaning, protect, etc.) and then go micro on your service request, down to whether you ...

A vintage Landis sole-stitching machine ... Perhaps as a result, shoe repair is a fading art. Bowie knew of a dozen or more cobblers when he was young. Now he can name only three or four.