# Shoe store owner responds to act of vandalism in creative way
Canonical: https://social-archive.org/fondue/5R2mxQgoC5
Original URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs
Author: 6abc Philadelphia
Platform: youtube
## Content
Philly shoe store owner Steve Jamison found the silver lining in his shattered window, responding to vandalism in a creative way. This is his story: https://6abc.com/17843291 Check out more news and information from 6abc in Philadelphia: https://6abc.com/ Have a news tip? https://6abc.com/action-news-tips-tipline-breaking-share-with-6abc/8639097/ Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/6abcActionNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/6abc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/6abcactionnews For more than 70 years, 6abc has been broadcasting programs to viewers in the Delaware Valley, an area covering Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey, currently representing over 8 million people. Our flagship newscast is Action News - the Delaware Valley's leading news program, delivering news from channel 6 to the tristate area for more than 50 years. --- ## Transcript [0:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=1s) What can you do? I mean, there's so many [0:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=3s) more things that you can worry about in [0:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=4s) life than a broken glass. I love it [0:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=7s) though. My name is Steve Jameson, born [0:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=10s) and raised in Philadelphia from Nice [0:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=12s) Town, and I am the owner of Blue Soul [0:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=14s) Shoes. [0:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=16s) This is video surveillance of the person [0:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=19s) when he threw the brick at the window. [0:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=23s) So, it happened a couple weeks ago. [0:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=24s) Someone just picked up a couple of [0:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=25s) bricks from further up the street, threw [0:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=27s) a brick at the window, [0:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=29s) threw another brick at the building [0:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=31s) adjacent to mine and um kind of walked [0:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=33s) off. [0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=34s) >> Yeah, it's it's really broken. [0:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=35s) >> I saw the damage uh and I was, you know, [0:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=38s) distraught immediately, of course. And [0:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=39s) so I wanted my customers and people who [0:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=41s) walked by to feel better about the [0:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=43s) situation. And so I took a boot, cut it [0:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=46s) in half, and I used epoxy to glue the [0:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=48s) boot, one half to the inside and another [0:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=50s) half to the outside of the window just [0:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=52s) to create a visual effect and, you know, [0:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=54s) something really artistic and creative. [0:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=56s) >> It makes me smile every day. [0:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=58s) >> I see so many people on a regular basis [1:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=60s) like taking photographs, touching the [1:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=62s) glass. [1:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=63s) >> It's right on brand. It's perfect. [1:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=65s) >> It brings smiles to people faces every [1:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=68s) single day. I see it. Sometimes there's [1:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=70s) a crowd of people gathered around like [1:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=71s) having a discussion about it. Is it [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=73s) real? Is it not? I get a kick out of it. [1:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=75s) I love it so much. [1:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=76s) >> I love it. It's very Steve. [1:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=79s) >> The initial estimation was a 6 to 8 week [1:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=81s) process for the new glass to arrive. So [1:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=83s) once that comes that the installation [1:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=85s) will be down. [1:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=89s) My fascination with shoes started ever [1:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=91s) since I was a kid. Since then, I've [1:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=93s) always wanted to own my own shoe store [1:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=95s) in in fashion. [1:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=97s) The dream came true in 2007. It was a [1:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=100s) year after I had lost my job. [1:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=103s) 18 years have been great. Uh it's been [1:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=105s) challenging of course u but the city has [1:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=107s) supported me, embraced me and that's why [1:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=110s) I'm still here. [1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=112s) Life throws you curve balls. Life throws [1:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=114s) you obstacles. Just you know find a way [1:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=117s) to be more creative about how you [1:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=118s) approach things and make good out of [2:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXCubmchFs&t=120s) whatever challenges you're faced with.