When Tom Hanks and Sam Shepard need to get their typewriters fixed, they know exactly where to go: Gramercy Typewriter, a third-generation, family-run shop that's still click-clacking away after 83 years.
Yes, the typewriter is an anachronism. But no, it has not gone extinct. Nor have the typewriter repairmen of Manhattan, who labor endlessly to keep all those Smith-Coronas and IBM electrics running.
Obsolete jobs: Meet the guy who fixes Tom Hanks' typewriter - Mar. 1, 2015
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