The last man at the shoeshine stand

The last man at the shoeshine stand

Magic Johnson’s size 14 wingtips. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s size 8 brogues. Perennial mayoral candidate and gas-giveway millionaire Willie Wilson’s size 11s.Forty-dollar shoes. Thousand-dollar shoes. And everything in between.Steve Fullerton has cared for them all, the snap of his buffing rags echoing beneath the vaulted marble ceiling of the Cook County Building for the past 20 years.You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their…

Last man at the shoeshine stand in downtown Chicago

Magic Johnson’s size 14 wingtips. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s size 8 brogues. Perennial mayoral candidate and gas-giveway millionaire Willie Wilson’s size 11s. Forty-dollar shoes. Thousand-dollar shoes. And everything in between. Steve Fullerton has cared for them all, the snap of his buffing rags echoing beneath the vaulted marble ceiling of the Cook County Building for the past 20 years. You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat th…