Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, gestures while describing the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, walks through the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, dsribes items she has on display at the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, walks through the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, sits on a lsrge pink chair the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, looks at items for sale in their gift shop at the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, talks about the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Mona Purdy, founder of Share Your Soles, walks through the new warehouse space she now uses at 900 E. 103rd Street in Chicago, Chicago, IL on Tuesday December 4, 2012. They moved into the former train factory building in September. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Custodian Sylvester Anderson holds the book of poetry he has written, "Life Through Celestial Lenses," at Palos West School where he works in Palos Park, Illinois, Monday, December 3, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Custodian Sylvester Anderson reads a selection from a book of poetry he has written, "Life Through Celestial Lenses," at Palos West School where he works in Palos Park, Illinois, Monday, December 3, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media