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5th Avenue Apple Store's iconic glass cube to be reinstalled

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 16th, 2011)

Apple has begun construction on the glass cube at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in NYC. According to building permits, Apple is replacing the glass on the building and upgrading portions of the surrounding plaza. The renovations will cost a whopping US$6 million, which is just shy of the $7 ...

New York's Tekserve gets major facelift

by Michael Rose (Jun 2nd, 2011)

It's one of New York's great indie Mac retailers, made famous by Sex and the City and made successful by thousands of loyal customers... but, if we're going to be frank about it, it was a little bit cluttered and cramped. That's why the team at Tekserve spent most of the Memorial Day weekend ...

Earth Day: Lower your carbon output (and blood pressure) with Roadify

by Michael Rose (Apr 22nd, 2011)

In this year's NYC Big Apps 2.0 competition, there was a lot at stake for the developers behind the 57 app submissions. Not only were they up for cash prizes, but the recognition of their efforts to leverage the city's data mine for the public good was certain to boost their profile in Silicon ...

Subway riders subject to iPhone thefts

by Michael Rose (Apr 22nd, 2011)

The WSJ's Andrew Grossman reports (subscription required) that New York City's subway riders may be a bit too openhanded with their digital devices. According to NYPD statistics, grand larceny* incidents on the subway were up 18 percent year-over-year from January to March of 2011 (311 reports in ...

AT&T CEO promises improved service from T-Mobile deal

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2011)

Businessweek had a chat recently with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, and he told them that the pending merger with T-Mobile would have the intended effect of improving service and capacity on the networks for all of AT&T's devices, including, of course, the iPhone. "Virtually on the day ...

Apple hoping to open Brooklyn store in Atlantic Yards development

by David Quilty (Jan 11th, 2011)

Sure, Apple's Fifth Avenue retail store may be New York City's fifth most-photographed location, but Brooklynites need their Apple fix, too -- and it seems that Apple wants to be sure to take care of them. While not confirmed yet as of this writing, The New York Observer reports that Apple is ...

AT&T says New York City service is improved

by TJ Luoma (Jun 30th, 2010)

While AT&T's service has been notoriously bad even before the iPhone launch, iPhone users in New York City have suffered some of the worst of it, with one Apple Genius reportedly saying that 30% dropped call rate was average. (I think he misspelled "atrocious.") The good news is that AT&T ...

Fifth Ave Apple Store is NYC's fifth most-photographed location

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 23rd, 2010)

Philip DeWitt at Apple 2.0 is reporting that Apple's Fifth Avenue retail store is now New York City's fifth most-photographed location. The ranking is according to a year-old analysis of 35 million Flickr images by Cornell University students on a university supercomputer. So which four landmarks ...

Breaking: AT&T website stops selling iPhones in New York City?

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 27th, 2009)

What kind of Christmas present is this? The Consumerist is reporting that AT&T has stopped selling the iPhone in the New York metropolitan area, at least via the company's website, due to high data congestion (or possibly due to online fraud). Update: While Consumerist's post still cites ...

5 Apps for NYC tourists

by David Winograd (Aug 4th, 2009)

I was in NYC for a week and feeling a bit bored, so I took a look at a passel (anyone still use that word?) of NYC tourist traps apps, that I picked up last week for the heck of it. NYC Subway 24-Hour KICKMap - $1.99. Rating: Horrible. This is a generic subway map that's "24 hours" because ...

New York's flagship Apple Store doing great business

by Dave Caolo (Jun 3rd, 2009)

New York City's flagship Apple Store, located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, is doing tremendous business. According to The New York Post, that store raked in $440 million in one year. Of course, the location doesn't hurt. It's right by Central Park and the huge, glass cube is a real tourist draw. The ...

Two more Apple Stores confirmed for New York City

by Dave Caolo (Apr 18th, 2008)

Cheer up, New Yorkers! Sure, the Red Sox beat your Yankees last night and you're now in 3rd place in the AL East, but there's good news, too! ifoAppleStore is reporting that two new Apple Stores have been confirmed for The Big Apple. First, the borough of Brooklyn will host a store, either in the ...

Apple Store panoramic

by Scott McNulty (May 22nd, 2006)

This will probably be my last post about Apple's new Fifth Avenue store, but I'm not making any promises. The Cult of Mac points us to this very cool Quicktime panormic image of the store on opening night. It is very cool. ...

Line to get into the new Apple store .45 miles long

by Scott McNulty (May 21st, 2006)

That's right, at the height of the opening madness this blogger, using only Gmaps Pedometer, estimated the line to be .45 miles long. Waiting in a line that long for the privilege of getting into a store, and perhaps getting a free t-shirt? I suppose there are worse things to do with an afternoon ...

Time lapse photos of NYC Apple Store opening

by Scott McNulty (May 19th, 2006)

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. ...