Apple Store - W. 14th Street NYC

Well, the new Apple store at 14th and 9th opened yesterday. Unfortuantely, I didn't know about it until today, so I couldn't queue up for the grand opening. But I did go there today at least. There's 3 floors to this monstrosity of a store, but it's not the largest in the world - that goes to the Reagent Street store in London. Nor is it the largest in the US - that title goes to Chicago. It also doesn't have the largest Genius Bar - there's one that's four feet longer. With all of these shortcomings, it's still a worthwhile destination. The staircase reminds me of the subteerainian 5th Avenue store - a spiral glass staircase the revolves around a core meant to resemble an iPod. However, the glass elevator in the middle is not to be found here, unfortuantely. I'll try to get back at some time in the near future with my camera in order to get some pics of the place - it's really a quite incredible place that would look out of place anywhere except Manhattan.