Stories From ‘The Financial District’

A Shoe’s a Shoe | Interview

By Mike • From Instant City Issue 2 & Oral Histories & The Financial District

Mike, 3rd and Market St.
I started shoe-shining when I was a youngster, about eleven or twelve years old. I guess it’s been more than twenty years. That’s incredible. How I started out: when Dad didn’t want to give me money for a Friday or Saturday night, it left me no choice but to get my [...]



Vicious Twist Takes a Wild Ride

By Manuel Jimenez • From The Financial District

I quit my civil litigation job. I needed a break. Litigation attorneys sit at desks all day, reading severely dry material, pushing paper and conducting ritual abuse on each other. Your body weakens as your mind focuses on other people’s problems. For the first few days of my self-unemployment, I hit [...]