On the corner of Decateur and Peachtree, steps away from Georgia State University's campus, stands a brick building with a welcoming white-and-red striped awning. It's Walter's, an Atlanta sneaker institution that's been in business for seven decades.The story of Walter's begins with Walter Strauss, who fled to America to escape the brutality of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he enlisted in the military as a German map interpreter, and after the war, made a living by working in shoe warehous...
On the corner of Decateur and Peachtree, steps away from Georgia State University's campus, stands a brick building with a welcoming white-and-red striped awning. It's Walter's, an Atlanta sneaker institution that's been in business for seven decades.The story of Walter's begins with Walter Strauss, who fled to America to escape the brutality of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he enlisted in the military as a German map interpreter, and after the war, made a living by working in shoe warehous...
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