Agreed, and make it one complimentary and proportional to fit the surroundings of the natural space... something... like this!
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Stockholm's New City Council Opposes Planned Apple Store at Kungsträdgården
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That's kind of what the 5th Ave. location in NYC is like: just a cool glass cube that leads you down a spiral staircase to the store underground. The cube lets in a fair amount of light -- it's a nice design and has a minimal impact on the space above.
Man. Those Swedish residents must really love their TGIF restaurant. Lol. Compared to the proposed Apple Store, that is one ugly eyesore of a building.
Lived in Stockholm for all my life.
Having this store would be great for Stockholm. The only one right now is in Täby centrum (outside the central part), which most people don’t know about. I never visited Täby centrum until I moved to the northern part of Stockholm.
To be honest I don’t really understand why people are complaining. It’s not like the actual park will disappear. I assume all the whining comes from young lefties who hang around in that park in that park in the weekends.
Sad day for Stockholm and Apple. Luckily Apple is already doing extremely good in Sweden.
Having this store would be great for Stockholm. The only one right now is in Täby centrum (outside the central part), which most people don’t know about. I never visited Täby centrum until I moved to the northern part of Stockholm.
To be honest I don’t really understand why people are complaining. It’s not like the actual park will disappear. I assume all the whining comes from young lefties who hang around in that park in that park in the weekends.
Sad day for Stockholm and Apple. Luckily Apple is already doing extremely good in Sweden.
IMO. that TGI restaurant is complete visual blight vs the Apple store.
But hey! How about NO buildings and restore the park?
Its the new rulers of Sthml, The Alliance (rightwing) thats stopping it, not the left.
The restaurant that is closing has an open café that is open on evenings. Apple don’t want a café open after business hours, the city has asked but not gotten from Apple to house a café to open up the park for evenings. Result is that the park will be dark, empty and not a friendly place to be on evenings. Closing it of.
What, the existing TGI Fridays? One store REPLACES another store.
It reminds me of the Stoddard Temple (Temple to the Human Spirit) building from the Fountainhead novel. With a statue of Dominique Francon set on center in lieu of Steve Jobs on horseback.
Man these comments are ridiculous... how dare Apple try to open a store in nicely landscaped area instead of just shoving it wherever.
Like, it's up to the locals on what they want but I think people are blowing it out of proportion with all this negativity.
Like, it's up to the locals on what they want but I think people are blowing it out of proportion with all this negativity.
They want Apple to open a cafe? Why not tack on a small grocery store while we're at it?
I agree except Apple spent lots of time and money and had the approval from the previous council.
I agree with a previous poster that if they are canceling the agreement to let Apple open the store, they should at least find some way to compensate Apple (i.e. perhaps give them an alternate location).
The complaints seemed valid to me, right up until I read that it's currently a TGIF. LOL. So it's not like they currently have what they say they prefer.
I have a close friend that attended graduate school in Stockholm; she loved it there. Knowing her, I don't think she would like it for the same reasons as posted. Personally, I have never liked the Apple Store theme; especially the cow pasture interiors'.
In winter we have an iceskating rink in Kungsträdgården open to 21:00 making a café a great service for fun with the family.
The answer is: They should build a Mosque there. We want everyone to feel welcome.
- Self-service veg restaurant
In winter we have an iceskating rink in Kungsträdgården open to 21:00 making a café a great service for fun with the family.
- Café
- Nanobrewery
- Ice sculptures
- Nice architecture