View this article at: http://dev.macnn.com/articles/05/08/03/second.nyc.store.problems Wednesday, Aug 03, 2005 12:45pm Apple faces hurdles in reno... 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]