Apple faces hurdles in renovating second NYC location

Apple is facing opposition for its proposed renovations for an upcoming Apple Store at a second location New York City. The company reportedly leased a 3,550-square-foot space for $800,000 per year and has twice submitted plans to renovate the "unremarkable" pub located at 136 Fifth Avenue in the Ladies' Mile Historic District, but is running into opposition from preservationists, according to the New York Times. "Apple's first plan, to simply replace the aluminum-framed storefront of what had been the Andrews Coffee Shop with a gray limestone facade - its logo of a large once-bitten apple etched into the stone - ran into opposition from Community Board 5, a local advisory body. Its second proposal, said Simeon Bankoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council, a nonprofit preservation group, ;presents this flat pane of glass that would be more appropriate to an aquarium.'" [free registration required]

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The Usual...

08/03, 3:04pm, EDT

The people that don't want things to change, the ones who put square pegs in square holes, who despise rebels, think that Windows is all there, and couldn't for the life of it 'Think Different', oppose those who most likely would contribute more to preserving this building than they themselves are willing to do.

In short, the usual idiots.

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08/03, 5:49pm, EDT

Wait a sec. Preservationists would normally want to "preserve" historic buildings, right? Apple's current design is aluminum. How did the MODERN aluminum design pass while a beautiful, soft, limestone facade will not?

I suppose if it were a MicroShaft logo, there'd be no problem.

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