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Work Begins on Grand Central Terminal Apple Store, Opening Mid-November?
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I'm already there waiting.
I'm first in line. You can get in line right behind me.
Right, because more crowds are *exactly* what Grand Central needs during Thanksgiving?
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If you are an apple customer and you go through GCT every day, you must be awfully pretentious and assuming to have your mind made up already not to shop there.
If you are an apple customer and you go through GCT every day, you must be awfully pretentious and assuming to have your mind made up already not to shop there.
OTOH, thousands of commuters (like me) travel through it every day. Tourists are still more likely to frequent the 5th Avenue store since the park is nearby, but the Grand Central store would be great for people who are looking to pick something up on the way to or from the office.
Those crowds are going to be there, anyway. This time, instead of crowding the 4 or 5 train to get from Grand Central to 5th Avenue they can do their Apple shopping in the train station. Plus, with the store open, they'll nab some late December traffic from harried spouses/parents looking for last-minute gifts before they head back to Long Island or Connecticut.
I am going to visit that store when it opens. Grand central itself is gorgeous and with an Apple store it has to be the best thing ever!
Why can't we take turns using the restroom while the other guys save our place in line.
The fast food chinese and pizza places, the newsstands, the shoe shining stands...those are fine. But an Apple Store! Oh the horror! Oh the monstrosity!
Apple does fine in design
Have you seen the design of their stores in historic buildings in Paris and London. I am sure there will be more examples. Have no fear, the Grand Central store wont be an eyesore. It will not look out of place.
There's a reason they paid up for the space:
When it comes to Grand Central, the facts tell why it is truly central:
750,000 people pass through Grand Central daily and over 1,000,000 people during the holidays
Metro-North passengers are 55% male and 45% female, the median age is 41. 93% of Grand Central Terminal commuters are college graduates.
Mean household income for Grand Central Terminal commuters is $95,800; 50% of household incomes are over $100,000, and 20% are over $200,000.
The captive shopping population of more than 326,000 neighborhood office workers earn a combined $11.3 billion a year.
An average 7,500 people an hour pass the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, making it one of the busiest intersections in the city.
21.6 million out-of-town tourists, with a mean income of $62,000, visit Grand Central each year.
Grand Central is served by Metro-North commuter trains, 31 commuter and 15 city bus routes, 7 subway lines, buses to and from the area's three airports, and two million taxis a year.
Grand Central Terminal subway station is the busiest stop in the New York City subway system.
When it comes to Grand Central, the facts tell why it is truly central:
750,000 people pass through Grand Central daily and over 1,000,000 people during the holidays
Metro-North passengers are 55% male and 45% female, the median age is 41. 93% of Grand Central Terminal commuters are college graduates.
Mean household income for Grand Central Terminal commuters is $95,800; 50% of household incomes are over $100,000, and 20% are over $200,000.
The captive shopping population of more than 326,000 neighborhood office workers earn a combined $11.3 billion a year.
An average 7,500 people an hour pass the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, making it one of the busiest intersections in the city.
21.6 million out-of-town tourists, with a mean income of $62,000, visit Grand Central each year.
Grand Central is served by Metro-North commuter trains, 31 commuter and 15 city bus routes, 7 subway lines, buses to and from the area's three airports, and two million taxis a year.
Grand Central Terminal subway station is the busiest stop in the New York City subway system.
The original AppleInsider article states that Apple is working with the police to figure out "how to handle lines during product releases, so that people are not waiting in the concourse". I really don't think this is a detail they would skip over.
Not to mention the East Side Access which will bring 2 Long Island Railroad lines in Grand Central by 2013.