Kaufman Factory

The old Kaufman footwear factory with it's grand entryway Marble floors Granite counters Important people use to walk it's halls Pictures of the founders had lined the walls Intimidating, dressed in three piece suits holding somber expressions masters of a previous time I walk down the halls to the workers domain stepping across pieces of debris on the factory floor Calloused hands had run these machines building work boots and futures that have all but dissapeared The jobs Good paying jobs Union Jobs Gone A cities pulse slowed Hopes dashed Silenced The glass from the windows lay broken on the floor Wind echoes through lonely hallways The rhythm of man and machine have ceased dreams shattered like the glass Soon new workers will appear pulling down the broken pieces getting rid of the tired machines dusting away the silken cobwebs All to make way for the new Condos Reclaiming a part of history The past and future will be united Once again these wall will echo with laughter New dreams to be forged from the rubble People once again walking down bright hallways The wind will be kept at bay until some ancient future day The grand entryway Marble floors Granite countertops Decked out once again in finery If the building could speak she would say "Come rest your weary heads" "Celebrate my past" "Make me your home." Dedicated to Kaufman Footwear a grand building as well as an important piece of Kitchener Ontario's past. The factory has been converted to condos.