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Bill Morgenstein
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“Throughout the years, I was always envied that I had the opportunity to travel so extensively. International travel, at least for me, was no fun. I liked to work on a tight schedule with as few surprises, delays, and disruptions as possible. That almost never worked out. Some connection would invariably be missed and some appointments not kept. There were riots and strikes, and in the seventies, bombs. It always confounded me when people would come up to me tell me how lucky I was to travel all over the world. Not”
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
“We’ve forgotten the names now, but until the early sixties, National, Simco, Father & Son, Miles, A. S. Beck, Kitty Kelly, and many others were famous.”
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
“In 1939, unemployment was over 17 percent. Just outside of Boston at 210 Lincoln Street, there were over three hundred shoe companies. Some of them decided to pass the hat to help those who didn’t have enough to eat. So the 210 Foundation was born, and it still exists today. “Shoe People Helping Shoe People.” It is the only industry organization of its kind. It binds those in the industry with a certain respect and a desire to help those who fall on hard times. We used to call it the “Old Shoe Biz.” That meant lasting friendships, drinking, good restaurants,”
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
― The Crazy Life of a Kid from Brooklyn
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