Then and Now: Saad Shoe Repair

In 1909, 15-year-old Eli arrived nearly penniless in Spokane. His older brothers Paul and John had started the Saad Bros. Shoe Repair, Pool Room and Cigars in 1906. Eli joined the business and they moved to the Unique Building on the northeast corner of Main Ave. and Wall St. in 1910. In those early days, there was usually a barbershop in the building to capitalize on men waiting for Saad’s “quick shoe repair.”

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Mon., July 23, 2018

1970 - Saad Bros. Shoe Store was housed in a small building at Main Ave. and Wall St., just down the block from a four-story Penneys department store and a Kress discount store.

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The corner where Saad Brothers building, rebuilt after a 1966 fire, stood until 2015 is now an Urban Outfitters store, part of River Park Square, shown Friday, July 6, 2018.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review