Boston Globe October 17, 2014
The idea began with Richard Kosow, creator of Boston’s Sneaker Museum. Kosow had been talking about a big Boston sneaker convention “for a long time,” says Peter Gold, Sneaker Jam cofounder and a veteran producer of such events as MixFest on Boston Common.
The Boston Globe October 2013
The storage facility in Allston where Rick Kosow stores his sneakers — all 1,000 pairs — is simply known as “the vault.” Black shoe boxes, filled mostly with pairs of Nike Air Jordans, tower over the few visitors who are given a glimpse into the slightly claustrophobic, climate-controlled rooms.
