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Time lapse photos of NYC Apple Store opening

Apple has just updated the Fifth Avenue store's page to show a series of time lapse photographs for each hour of its first 24 hours of being open.
Apple really is going all out for this store opening, though when you spend millions of dollars on a glass cube, you want to get your money's worth.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
pablo said 10:37PM on 5-19-2006
yea i was there.. it was great.. i cut about half the people there between madison and 5th lol... spike lee was inside the store but nobody was paying him any attention. this one girl asked him for a picture and he denied? did anybody see that? it was in the cashier area around 730ish..
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eric f said 10:46PM on 5-19-2006
I found myself in the time lapse!
I was trying to get into the elevator to leave when spike walked in and he got in my way, causing a scene. too many tourists taking his picture. no wonder he gets sick of it.
It was cool, nice free t-shirt
Check out my panoramic pics.
http://ericfischer.blogspot.com/2006/05/grand-awesomeness.html
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pablo said 10:53PM on 5-19-2006
heyyy i found myself in the lapse 2!! did you see the i ghetto ass pod? lol
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Mike said 11:25PM on 5-19-2006
I'm posting this from the 15" MacBook Pro IN THE STORE RIGHT NOW!!
Suburban Square last week, 5th ave this week, who knows what next week will bring.
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Josh said 12:38AM on 5-20-2006
You picked the one frame that has me in it! I'm famous!
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joe said 2:34AM on 5-20-2006
i saw spike sign tshirt box after tshirt box. that girl missed her window. he was incredibly gracious.
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eugene said 2:47AM on 5-20-2006
2:45 am - Dave Chappelle was just here and bought something.
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Blake said 8:22AM on 5-20-2006
I LOVE YOU WILL YOU MARRY ME?
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Joe said 8:27AM on 5-20-2006
Did anyone see the guy proposing in the 5AM block? Hope Uschi Lang was watching.
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ET said 8:34AM on 5-20-2006
Why has no one mentioned the drawing every hour for the MacBooks? Any TUAW visitors win one?
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Mike Rose said 8:43AM on 5-20-2006
Check out the 5 am section for the marriage proposal:
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/fifthavenue/timelapse0500.mov
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Arlo said 9:22AM on 5-20-2006
If you click on the time lapse, it will stop and you can step through the frames with the arrow keys. I'm going down there in an hour, and plan to stand in front of the camera for a minute like a big dork just to get my own screenshot.
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Dan said 9:27AM on 5-20-2006
The store opening was awesome...but if you want a more indepth look at what happened, we have probobly some of the best coverage - and are probobly the first person to put up a wrap up video of the whole event.
http://nycappleopening.blogspot.com
Over 3400 unique visitors and still counting! See why we're so popular now!
http://nycappleopening.blogspot.com
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Faithful Reader said 9:40AM on 5-20-2006
Someone needs to find and interview Uschi Lang!
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Charles said 9:53AM on 5-20-2006
Check out 5pm. I hope that guy's girlfriend is a Mac-Geek like he is :D (I hope she says yes, it's corny, but kinda romantic anyway :D
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kevin said 10:25AM on 5-20-2006
im at the apple store glass cube mega store mania right now, and typing this on a macbook. i discovered, several hours ago, that you can actually just tap with two fingers to bring up the contextual menu - you dont even need to press the button. will wonders never cease.
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Paul said 10:31AM on 5-20-2006
At the 5:00 am slot, there is some guy holding up a sign asking a Ms Uschi Lang to marry him. Or maybe already a Mrs. Or maybe a Mr.
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Jakob Sobocki said 12:13PM on 5-20-2006
Link to time lapse 09:00:
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/fifthavenue/timelapse0900.mov
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manish said 2:48PM on 5-20-2006
that is just friggin' brilliant. I'm sure apple is gonna give him some gear for doing this.
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Thomson said 8:41PM on 5-20-2006
Yo are there still Celebs coming in you know others that went and where I can find pictures of em..
I saw Alan comming from xmen 2, this guy from 16 blocks, spike lee (sitting in the corner well near the elevetor) . Didnt see dave chappel. Who else was there and are there still famous ones coming in?
Thanks
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