So, who in that ragtag crowd wears shoes that they get shined? Certainly most don't even own dress leather shoes and if they do, they aren't wearing them there.
Or... Is he, perhaps, hoping some Wall Street employees stroll by and pay him for shining their shoes while he demonstrates against the evils of Wall Street? If so, seems he is living off of the merits of capitalism...hmmmm?
——who in that ragtag crowd wears shoes that they get shined? -—
As I recall from my college days in the early 60’s, plain white keds take on a grimy patina that shines in the latter stages. Perhaps that could be buffed up a little
“So, who in that ragtag crowd wears shoes that they get shined?”