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Apple Has Finished Moving and Precisely Reassembling a Historic Barn At Its New Headquarters
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The techies must feel bad about taking out all our orchards and fields, so they made thier own in the middle of sterile techland.
Absolutely. Same as how I get credit with my wife for cleaning the yard, by paying someone else to do it
Although, fortunately I'm not pushed to do so by some historical society. If I were, then I wouldn't get much credit for doing something I had no choice in.
If some historical society is pushing you to clean up your yard, it is probably way overdue.
As a Brit, I find if funny how Americans refer to things built in the early 20th Century as 'historic'
As an Egyptian, I find it funny how Brits refer to things built in the last 1,500 years as 'historic'.
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We call them the histerical society. In my town, anything over 50 years old can be deemed "historical" wherein you may not be able to rennovate, demolish, etc.
Apple employees did not construct Apple Park campus either, but Apple will get the credit for that building because they paid for it, they spent money on relocating this Barn.
Hey, it's fine to say, "Apple moved the barn", because it's understood that it really means "Apple paid someone to move the barn." Unfortunately, the article then gets sloppy by using "Apple" everywhere that most such articles use say, "the moving crew":
"Apple reportedly dismantled the redwood barn piece by piece, including every plank, nail, and crossbeam, and made careful notes on its construction."
"(the barn) which Apple has now completely reassembled after carefully taking it down"
"Apple has successfully recreated the barn..."
Apple likely did not dismantle, take notes or reassemble/recreate the barn themselves, which is the way the article reads. But maybe that's because nobody seems to know who did it.
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I seriously don't understand how a company that makes 3 laptops, 2 phones, 3 desktops, a watch and a tv streamer, and a few services, needs a place that big. They really don't actually do much.
But it's very impressive. And hopefully it inspires their teams to actually make some of the above good again
But it's very impressive. And hopefully it inspires their teams to actually make some of the above good again
Not that you'd need such an indicator here, but you know a comment is great when it gets so many likes on page 2. This would have 100+ likes on page 1.
Sadly Egypt went downhill after the Pyramids were built.
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As a Chinese, I find it funny both the Brit and Americans refer things build from the past century or two as 'historic'
We don’t. 100-200 years is normal here, 500-2000 is historic for us.
Actually it's not great that that Apple did anything to preserve it. That building has what we in the UK call "blue plaque status"
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/
Meaning no work can be carried out on that property (land) unless they can convince the local government that whatever is on that property will remain in it's original condition. This is what Steve Jobs did on his last public appearance.
If he couldn't convince them then no new Apple campus. It was in Apple's best interests to do so.
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Ooops - I was thinking of a placebo for history - 25 of those barns come along every minute, 3 weeks long during the Tour de France coverage.As a Brit, I find if funny how Americans refer to things built in the early 20th Century as 'historic'
But no, it's Apple
So only now I understand what took Joni soo busy and now I understand the lack of a new MacPro, MacMini, Airports, Magsafe and all the mehpgrades
From now, Apple can put everything in old enclosures because here's the symbol of inner reflectiveness: the resurrected barn !!!!
Man, in the course of history, that 1000 day old MacMini feels so brand new ...
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As a Brit, I find if funny how Americans refer to things built in the early 20th Century as 'historic'
I'm German, and it's absolutely hilarious for me, too. The house I grew up in was older than that.
If you go to Historic Aerials you can view what the Apple Campus looked like in 1948.
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer
You can view the original location of the barn.
You'll get even more amusement out of the fact that in many U.S. localities, things that are built to look like other (historical) things, are regarded as historical regardless of their age. And then the owners are powerless to make repairs or modify the exteriors. Ridiculous.As a Brit, I find if funny how Americans refer to things built in the early 20th Century as 'historic'