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Apple's Grand Central Terminal Store Preparing for 10AM Opening on Friday
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Agreed, the store at The Galleria here in Houston wasn't too impressive but was very crowded.
I love how the post still brings up the rent situation. Who cares- let it go! This post is about the interior of the store and it's opening date. Not more political arguments about sweetheart deals, salaries and public v. private sector drama.
Since they have to shy away from hacking phones now, it's this or trying to crucify that poor McDonald's worker who was trying to defend himself from those customers who attacked him.
I was in New York around thing time last year and Grand Central Terminal was insanely busy. I would be willing the impact the terminal will be huge with the store going in. I will have to visit in Feb.
GCT is already overcrowded most days.. most New Yorkers won't even bother going there if they can avoid it. I'll check it out when I go take the Metro North to visit family during the holidays, but I know it'll be like a zoo in there. I just can't see it being a good shopping experience. I've also been seeing more and more drunks hanging out there.. one regular who's guaranteed to want to start a fight with anyone he sees.
The walls are stone blocks, not concrete. And drill through to what? It was built in the 1910s, so there's no guarantee they put electrical cabling inside the stone walls--really, why would they?
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Just saw they are building a new store in Highland Village, just down the road from the Galleria Store. They are already hiring staff and the opening is probably in January. It's supposed to be the same patented style as the Upper West Side store in New York City. Meaning that it has a clear front wall and roof, and limestone side walls. The new Highland Village store will reportedly also have a glass rear wall. We're lucky they don't have public restrooms in Apple stores or they'd probably try to put glass doors on the stalls. It's going to be interesting to see how they design for the difference in latitude between New York City and Houston. Houston gets a lot more days of full sunlight. I think this last summer may have been an anomaly, but they set the following records in 2011. "Houston, Texas - 24 straight days with 100-degree heat August 1 through August 24 breaks the longest streak on record (for Houston) of 14 days in 1980. 46 days with 100-degree heat in 2011 breaks record of 32 days in 1980.". They're going to need some good A/C in the new Highland Village store.
Just saw they are building a new store in Highland Village, just down the road from the Galleria Store. They are already hiring staff and the opening is probably in January. It's supposed to be the same patented style as the Upper West Side store in New York City. Meaning that it has a clear front wall and roof, and limestone side walls. The new Highland Village store will reportedly also have a glass rear wall. We're lucky they don't have public restrooms in Apple stores or they'd probably try to put glass doors on the stalls. It's going to be interesting to see how they design for the difference in latitude between New York City and Houston. Houston gets a lot more days of full sunlight. I think this last summer may have been an anomaly, but they set the following records in 2011. "Houston, Texas - 24 straight days with 100-degree heat August 1 through August 24 breaks the longest streak on record (for Houston) of 14 days in 1980. 46 days with 100-degree heat in 2011 breaks record of 32 days in 1980.". They're going to need some good A/C in the new Highland Village store.