{"id":13410,"date":"2011-07-10T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=13410"},"modified":"2011-07-10T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T17:24:11","slug":"shoe-repairs-and-more-in-harlem-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=13410","title":{"rendered":"Shoe Repairs and More In Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13413\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/05171117506-e1310317129144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13413\" title=\"0517111750\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/05171117506-e1310317129144.jpg?w=267\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodriguez Shoe Repair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/Icare4harlem@harlemcondolife\">Icare4Harlem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I waited for the bus on Lenox Ave. and 116<sup>th<\/sup> St., I realized there was one more errand to complete for an upcoming trip.\u00a0 I had just about given up on getting a shoulder strap shortened, when a small shoe repair store sandwiched between two larger buildings came into focus.\u00a0 I had been at the bus stop several times before but never noticed the store.\u00a0 So I darted across the street, entered the tiny establishment, and made my request.\u00a0 Knowing that my flight was in a couple of hours, I didn\u2019t think the job could be completed with such short notice.\u00a0 To my surprise and delight the owner, Mr. Rodriguez, immediately had his assistant address the task.\u00a0 True to the posted sign, \u201cFast Service While You Wait\u201d the alteration was completed with excellent results and I was on my way to board the next M116 bus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13414\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13414\" title=\"Mr. Rodriguez\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/mr-rodriguez1-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Rodriguez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are still many small businesses in Harlem that are able to provide wonderful goods and services.\u00a0 I will continue to support these independent merchants to maintain the diversity in this rapidly changing neighborhood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13419\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13419\" title=\"Shoe Store 3\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31.jpg 960w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shoe-store-31-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Additional Products<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rodriguez Shoe Repair<\/p>\n<p>102 W. 116th St. &amp; Lenox Ave.<\/p>\n<p>New York, NY<\/p>\n<p>212-222-3819<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Icare4Harlem As I waited for the bus on Lenox Ave. and 116th St., I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[179,124718155],"tags":[13828120,124718172,3343157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13410"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13410"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13422,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13410\/revisions\/13422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}