Thomas Park blogs:
Way back in August of 2001, some good friends and I took a road trip down to Virginia to attend a Radiohead concert. Unfortunately the rains came, the venue got flooded, and the concert was cancelled. Disappointing, but as something of a concession prize, I got to check out the very first brick & mortar Apple Store, which had opened in Tysons Corner just a few weeks earlier.
At the time, most analysts considered Apple’s fledgling retail initiative to be doomed. But though Tysons Corner seemed like a modest start, it was a blueprint for big things to come. 357 stores and counting later, Apple is tops in sales per square foot, and they did it by applying many of the same principles as they do to their products: natural materials, understated aesthetics, and daringly innovative processes.
Anyway, one thing I wanted to do was go back and see how Apple storefronts have evolved over the past decade. I couldn’t find anywhere to do this easily, so I decided to create a gallery myself.
Scanning the gallery, you can see that Apple follows certain conventions, but isn’t shy about breaking them. They’ve tweaked things here and there, and are quite audacious with their flagship locations.
Check out the gallery here: http://applestorefronts.appspot.com/
[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
scrolling through to find mine, Is the Chicago store glass on both ends? pretty cool if so.
Now we need a checkbox next to the pics to mark off the ones we have visited.
Was there for the open of #11 Saddle Creek Germantown, Tn (Memphis). Quite an eye opener after suffering through Opus II who had the Apples tucked away in the corner of their stereo operation.
Yep, it was that bad.
how many ways…?
#3 Willow Bend
#11 Saddle Creek
#53 Knox Street
#140 Northpark
#142 Southlake
#184 Woodland Hills
#264 Stonebriar
and FINALLY (the reason I had to slum around)
#341 Promenade @ Chenal
BTW, anybody think Georgetown (#290) could use some shutters, accents, or something?
Oh, that’s right, the all-knowing Architectural Wescrew Board was involved…
So many stores (especially mall stores) have a similar look. Either silver or black border with Apple logo. I’m surprised they are not all different.
What will Microsoft Store show us? Oh a mud hutt. Yes perfect.
Windows = Life without walls. So… No Microsoft stores can exist.
[Sigh] The site requires JavaScript permissions not just for the site, but also for GoogleAPIs.
yeah google analytics, which i always block anyway.
which MDN also uses btw… among others.