The seemingly unending saga of the proposed Apple Store for Boston's Boylston Street has gained another chapter. Apple's designers have been having a heck of a time coming up with a structure that satisfies Boston's Back Bay Architectural Commission (BBAC). Boston.com has published a rendering of what may be the final design for the store. It looks a bit like New York's cube, does it not?
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ali said 2:41PM on 7-06-2006
hey does anyone know around when this thing is set to open? im moving to Boston early september, and I would not want to miss this
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Derek said 2:56PM on 7-06-2006
I would have to wonder if Apple closed the store down, would anyone want to open up another business there?
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Matt Morano said 3:07PM on 7-06-2006
Please Apple, build on Long Island!
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Mark Dymek said 3:12PM on 7-06-2006
the store is not even bulit yet or even has a plan to be bulit so don't worry about missing it. i really really really hope this is bulit because boston has no apple store the closest one is cambridge. BOSTON NEEDS AN APPLE STORE!!!
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Matt said 3:13PM on 7-06-2006
Not till next summer at the very earliest... so you shouldn't miss a thing.
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Liz said 3:22PM on 7-06-2006
I really wish it was opening sooner! I go to BU and will be graduating this year..
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thomas said 3:43PM on 7-06-2006
I really like the concept of the building , but it hurts my eyes to see it between these old , hitorical buildings. It feels like it doesn't belong there.
I hope that when it's actually build This isn't the case.
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Bob S. said 3:50PM on 7-06-2006
I agree with Thomas -- if this satisfies the BBAC, the BBAC isn't doing its job. I'm from Boston originally, go back regularly, and really appreciate its architecture... the Apple building has no style, class, or context. It's a $5 hooker leaning against a gorgeous Victorian streetlamp.
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mroach said 4:26PM on 7-06-2006
#7: I rather like the mix of modern and classical architecture and I think we have a nice mix of it in Boston. The area they want to put the store in isn't exactly Beacon Hill or anything. The Prudential Mall is across the way with that big glass walkway and all that's going on there. I wouldn't mind if they toned it down a bit, like the Apple store in London. That's a great store.
It would be fun to have a "flagship" Apple store here, but I'll keep buying my Macs in tax-free New Hampshire at the Rockingham Park Mall. Live free or die ;)
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Radu Dutzan said 5:46PM on 7-06-2006
Where's the bite?
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Oscar Vernis said 7:50PM on 7-06-2006
I think it looks cool
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Ben Gold said 8:52PM on 7-06-2006
Where I live I can easily get to the chestnuthill, and southshore apple stores, and the derby street one too, but I think when the new store opens I will buy computers there
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Nickbob said 2:21PM on 7-07-2006
Looks like a parking garage with a glass curtain. The cube is great, but this is just a poor compromise at this site.
They need a plan B for historical districts, grey stone (or limestone) or something. Flatiron, Portland, Boston all have having this sort of issue and European stores may have similar issues. Why not use the Regent Street as a starting point, one that could certainly be improved upon.
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RainyDayMagazine said 8:26PM on 7-17-2006
Our take of what it would look like if the proposed Apple Store on Boston’s site was the glass cube from NYC.
http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RainyDayMagazineHome.htm#AppleInBoston
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