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Sure, you could just head out to the KOP Mall, but for this map of Philly's best shoe shopping, we've side-stepped department stores and mega-chains to give credit where credit's due: our city's independent footwear boutiques. Not a hard decision to make, considering two of Philly's shoe shops have received nods for being the best in the U.S.