In the mid 1980s, the Air Force 1 was king of the streets in New York City. Sneaker lovers would take the uptown subway line to the stores where they were sold. That’s when the “uptown” nickname was born. To honor this legend, the new Air Force 1 Upstep features a sockliner with a metro line graphic, a debossed “uptown” on the back tab and an arrow on the shoe as a nod to subway signs.