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robert s. schwartz bought out richard b. schwartz to get full ownership . in 1985 eneslow bought classic mold shoe company makers of custom molded and custom orthopedic dress shoes and sandals and merged it into the company . in 1995 eneslow pedorthic institute epi was founded . in 2003 the company bought a retail store from selby fifth avenue at horace harding expressway in little neck queens ; changed its name to eneslow and opens its second store . in 2006 the company moves its long time broadway headquarters location to park avenue south at 32nd street . in 2009 eneslow opened a third store on the upper east side of manhattan on second avenue between 78th and 79th streets . 2 locations edit eneslow s headquarters has been located at 470 park avenue south at 32nd street since 2006 . the premises include the company s biggest store the eneslow pedorthic institute epi classroom and a custom shoe department . eneslow also owns premises on the upper east side and in little neck . the eneslow pedorthic institute epi edit the eneslow pedorthic institute 3 was founded in 1995 by eneslow and its president & ceo robert s. schwartz for the design manufacture modification and proper fit of shoes and foot orthoses . epi hosts pedorthic courses conventions and seminars . the institute trains pedorthists drawing students from around the world . in addition to pre certification courses it offers reviews for the pre certification exam and teaches certified shoe fitter courses . podiatry students and orthopedic surgeons have attended the institute . the classes which are accredited by the american board for certification in orthotics prosthetics and pedorthics abc and the board of certification accreditation international boc as pedorthic pre certification courses are taught by eneslow medical director justin wernick eneslow president robert s. schwartz eneslow staff and pedorthists podiatrists orthopedic surgeons physical therapists endocrinologists shoe designers and diabetes educators . citation needed custom department and shoe modification edit the eneslow custom department 4 is a place where shoes can undergo modifications and repair . structural and cosmetic modifications are done to all kinds of shoes ; orthotics are fabricated as well . eneslow s main factory is located at 470 park avenue 32nd street flagship store ; the other stores have their own shops for minor work . charitable activity edit eneslow is a supporter of the charity soles4souls . eneslow also provides free footwear socks and insoles for relief workers disaster victims and the homeless . references edit suffering soles ; shoes for all sizes and styles except those made of clay by bruce weber published december 15 1994 york times eneslow celebrates a century women s wear daily epi website custom shoe department website external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eneslow & oldid 593445349 categories shoe companies of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 1909hidden categories wikipedia articles needing rewrite from april 2010wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2010articles with too few wikilinks from november 2013all articles with too few wikilinksarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from november 2013all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyuse mdy dates from september 2011all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 february 2014 at 16 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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