If you made the pilgrimage and have new photos (today) of Apple Store Fifth Avenue – If you’re reading this, we know you have an internet connection – send your photos and/or links to webmaster@macdailynews.com and we’ll post them for all to see. Also, if anyone knows of a live web cam that can see any part of the Apple Store Fifth Avenue area, please let us know.
Rumor has it that Apple has requested that a street (presumably 58th or 59th) be closed for the performance of a major live band. (Source: Curbed)
MarketWatch’s Ed Crane caught up with Ron Johnson, who heads up Apple’s retail strategy, for a preview of the new underground store, featuring a glass cube at the entrance. Video report here.
BusinessWeek offers a nice slideshow here: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/apple_on_5th/slideshow.htm
Disappointingly, this is devoid of imagery as we post this article: http://www.flickr.com/groups/applepilgrimage/
The the world’s most powerful nerd magnet: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/18/eyeballing_the_new_2.html
In addition, ifoAppleStore is covering the opening of Apple Store Fifth Avenue live and has photos online including:
• Cube unpeeled
• Thursday day
• Cube & staircase
• Interiors
• Cube tour
• Fickr set
• Apple’s gallery
And also has videos and links to videos online:
• First look
• Cube unpeeled
• The line begins
• Grand opening
• CNET on press event
• CNBC Jobs interview
Although the store opens today at 6pm EDT, this is ifoAppleStore’s account of Thursday morning: “The first person in line, Stormy Shippy, arrived from Texas and took his place at 12:15 a.m. After his arrival it was all about “Cube clean-up.” Crews of workers finished the pressure washing of the plaza and sidewalk, and others began work on the glass of the cube itself, both inside and out. Workers also began cleaning the inside of the cube–the vestibule floor, the spiral glass staircase and the glass-enclosed, cylindrical elevator.”
Full coverage here.
[UPDATE: 2:55pm EDT: Here are some photos of the line from yesterday and today: http://www.shuchow.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1580 (Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader Charlie Travis)]
[UPDATE: 3:24pm EDT: Click for Steve Jobs at Apple Store Fifth Avenue (link to photo)]
[UPDATE: 5/21, 10:10am EDT: Gregory Marks of endlesselevation.com has unique shots here: http://www.endlesselevation.com/pictures/apple_cube_store/page8.html and a video here.]
[UPDATE: 5/21, 12:12pm EDT: Gorgeous 360-degree QuickTime VR panorama of the line and the cube here.]
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Steve Jobs at Apple Store Fifth Avenue (link to photo) – May 19, 2006
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Sneak peak into Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue Retail Store – May 18, 2006
Extraordinary Apple Store Fifth Avenue to open on Friday, May 19 (with photos) – May 18, 2006
Apple’s Fifth Avenue ‘Glass Cube’ store to test several retail innovations – May 17, 2006
Mac users to converge on NYC; plan overnight sidewalk camp for opening of Apple Store Fifth Avenue – May 13, 2006
Apple starts online countdown to Apple Store Fifth Avenue ‘Glass Cube’ Grand Opening – May 11, 2006
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may visit New York City to cut ribbon on glass cube – May 04, 2006
Apple’s Fifth Avenue ‘Glass Cube’ retail store grand opening on May 6 in New York City – April 27, 2006
32-foot-by-32-foot glass cube-topped Midtown Manhattan Apple ‘Mecca’ to serve the faithful 24/7? – April 18, 2006
Photos of Apple’s $9 million 32-foot-by-32-foot New York City Glass Cube – January 01, 2006
Steve Jobs to eventually take his NYC big glass cube with him – December 02, 2005
Glass cube assembly begins at site of Apple’s 25,000-square-foot 5th Avenue flagship store – October 28, 2005
RUMOR: Apple Store coming to Midtown Manhattan beneath transparent glass cube – March 04, 2005
just because I haven’t seen this comment yet…
Man, that’s a Great Glass Elevator.
Thank you Roald.
http://www.roalddahl.com/
Other photos
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http://www.macplus.net/magplus/chronique-11602-reportage-a-new-york-dans-le-cube
Plus une traduction en français de l’itv de Steve dans les forums pour les français que les lecteurs de MacDailyNews ont l’air de tellement apprécier (;
The QuickTime panorama is coooooool!
GREAT Panorama! That is too cool!
With all the advertising on this site you guys can’t afford to send someone – you have to ask for free images?
Shame.
I hate to be this way but Gary and Stormy were not the #1 and #2 people in line. They might have been there the earliest, but as far as camping out, they were no where in sight. They got there early and put stuff in there spot and then spent the night in hotel rooms. Gary showed up throughout the night to take pictures but Stormy was not there at 12:30am, when my family and I got there, and didn’t show up till 2pm. If you are going to “Camp out” you must be there, not in a hotel room.
If you are going to “Camp out” you must be there, not in a hotel room.
Totally agree.