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10/10/2005, 10:30am, EDT
Monday, October 10th
Apple planning fourth retail store in Portland area?
Apple may be preparing to open a fourth retail store in the Portland area, according to a report by The Oregonian. Although Apple declined to comment, the report says that a painted sign points to yet another store store in the "Mac town" of Portland, Oregon. "The renderings show a new building at Northwest 23rd Avenue and Glisan Street, a modern design of glass, concrete and steel. It's run-of-the-mill -- except for one feature: the 4-foot outline of an apple with a bite missing, much like the logo of a certain computer company famous for its iPod. After seeing the drawings and attending a meeting about them, city planners and neighbors say Apple Computer Inc. appears to want to build a 5,000-square-foot retail store near Pizzicato Gourmet Pizza and Kitchen Kaboodle." Apple debuted its third retail store in the Portland area earlier this year at Bridgeport Village in Tigard.
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1. Washington Square 2. Bridgeport Villaige 3. Pioneer Place
Which in my opinion was reverse practicality - should have started with Pioneer Place, and not even bothered with the Washington Square.
My complaints - and I am really glad they opened stores, don't get me wrong - is thet the Bridgeport and Washington Square are too close to eachother, and if they DO open one on NW 23 (while a cool location) it is WAY too close to the downtown Pioneer Place.
What, is Apple becoming Starbucks?
I mean come on, there is not ONE Apple store in New Mexico (and almost zero independant Apple based retailers) but Portland gets 4 spaced too close together, a town which we have many good independant Apple retailers (like the Mac store, MacForce, PowerMacPac, PowerMAX, and a couple others).
They should close the Washington Square location, and open one farther on the west side - like Streets of Tanasbourne - or somewhere like that.
And start focusing on the places where people CAN'T GET APPLE, like New Mexico, and if the other posters are right - Maine...
What about Eugene, Oregon? Why 4 in portland and none in Eugene?
Hmmmm....
More hype and the press falls for it.