Brooklyn Courts Apple With Store Rendering
The Apple store issue—whether we’ll get one or not—seems to be playing a major role in the borough’s collective psyche. It’s like Brooklyn needs one to feel validated. Blogs are obsessed. Borough Prez Marty Markowitz made a video pleading with Steve Jobs. And now The Daily News has unearthed a rendering made to pitch the…
The Apple store issue—whether we’ll get one or not—seems to be playing a major role in the borough’s collective psyche. It’s like Brooklyn needs one to feel validated. Blogs are obsessed. Borough Prez Marty Markowitz made a video pleading with Steve Jobs. And now The Daily News has unearthed a rendering made to pitch the tech company on a specific location at the Municipal Building in Downtown Brooklyn. And why not? “It’s got the foot traffic. The building is iconic. The building’s gorgeous, and I think it would make for a beautiful location,” said Marty.
Brooklyn Boosters Set Sights on Municipal Building [NY Daily News]
I also want to add that this is one of the most heavily trafficked intersections, in terms of foot traffic, in the Borough.
That intersection, which is such an important Brooklyn hub, is a dismal mess. Most mornings old papers are rolling on the sidewalks like tumbleweed and the opaque facades of the Temple Bar building and the Municipal Building make it look like a visit to the 1970’s
This proposal could work.
I would love to see a little urbanity there.
I would also love to see the “bad old days” Duane Reade or whatever it across the street replaced with a new establishments that would re-open the gorgeous windows that have been bricked up and graffitied for a long time.
Head of design for Apple is a Brit. We’re taking over the world. Again.
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not the Apple demo.
as much as im not a fan of apple, i think brooklyn is a HUGE demo. have you ever taken a day off work and stopped somewhere for coffee? lol. hoardes of mindless zombies on white laptops pretending to be deep in thought and doing something meaningful when really all they be doing is checking their facebook.
*rob*
Things I tend not to take advice from rob on:
1. Technology
2. Travel
3. Food
4. Most everything else
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Rob, you gotta admit the ipod is pretty handy, right?
i dont use an ipod, i use a no name brand mp3 player. ipods are waaaaay overpriced and are totally made with the planned obsolescence mentality. f-ck that shi+
*rob*
That would be great if you could fight parking tickets inside the apple store.
Just don’t think this works for Apple. Very little traffic and not the Apple demo.
I don’t understand the obsession with getting Apple in BK.
would be ungodly successful at that location