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Lines form ahead of Apple Store Boylston Street grand opening

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 04:10 PM EDT

Lines have begun to form for the grand opening (today, 6pm EDT) of Apple's newest and largest U.S. Apple Retail Store, Apple Store Boylston Street in Boston.

The Apple Store Boylston Street features two floors of Macs, iPhones and iPods for customers to experience hands-on, as well as a top floor dedicated to innovative services including the Genius Bar and personal training through Apple’s popular One to One program. The Apple Store Boylston Street also introduces Pro Labs to Boston, offering free, in-depth training on Apple’s industry-leading pro applications including Final Cut Pro.

The Apple Store Boylston Street is located at 815 Boylston Street, convenient to the Prudential Center and Copley Square, the Berklee School of Music and Fenway Park. It joins eight existing Apple retail stores in Massachusetts including popular stores in Cambridge, Chestnut Hill, Burlington and Hingham.

Blogger and Flickr contributor Jenny Frazier ("line starting on Boylston and wrapping around the block") start here.

Frazier also has an article with photos on her blog "AllEyesOnJenny" here.

More photos via Flickr here.

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May 15, 08 - 04:13 pm Comment from: Mac+

It would be cool to have one opening in China in time for the Olympics in sync' with the 3G iPhone release out there...

Just an idea.

May 15, 08 - 04:22 pm Comment from: Mac+

Boston Apple Store Grand Opening... with the picture displayed we know MDN posted at least something true today !!! No more rumor "a la iTablet" guys!!!

May 15, 08 - 04:42 pm Comment from: Demon

Form One of Jenny's photos it looks like most of the roof is covered in grass. I know in other reports they had said the roof had grass around the skylight. The angle that Jenny's photo was taken from makes it look like most of the roof is covered in grass.

Now theirs a job, mowing the grass on the roof of the Apple Store. Good strategy for helping Global Warming. Cover the roof of your buildings in grass.

May 15, 08 - 04:56 pm Comment from: jtc

damn I didn't realise the location. Its down the street from where I went to college.. I should definitely check it out.

May 15, 08 - 05:00 pm Comment from: Swing Geezer

It would be even cooler to have one in Calgary. The hottest economy in Canada! We're driving the strength of the Canadian $ right now. And will probably continue to over the next several years as Oil gets even pricier.

May 15, 08 - 05:05 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Yep, it's got a Green Roof.

May 15, 08 - 05:16 pm Comment from: Lurker

Why would people line-up for this?

May 15, 08 - 05:58 pm Comment from: McFly

Whey would people line up? It's Boston! Word got out that they suddenly had the best Apple store in the world and now everyone is a Boylston Apple Store fan. But if the store goes through a dry spell... watch out.

May 15, 08 - 08:01 pm Comment from: AppleMan

McFly; an Apple store going through a dry spell?? Yeah, right! Biggest store in the Country, 50 colleges surrounding it.......don't think a dry spell is in the future.

May 15, 08 - 08:24 pm Comment from: Your Mom Bluray

I'm a Mac Fanboi as much as the next person...

But I would never stand in line to get into a new Apple Store (unless they were offering MAJOR discounts, etc..)

May 15, 08 - 08:24 pm Comment from: Spark

I wouldn't want to be the one charged with glass cleaning. Big job!

May 15, 08 - 08:55 pm Comment from: aec

why wait in line? It's fun. It's great conversation, everyone is in a good mood. It's amusing to have people walk past you exclaiming "why would you wait in line to get nothing". I've done it twice and am a bit bummed to miss the Boston store but I couldn't leave work early.

May 15, 08 - 10:15 pm Comment from: mugwump

Heheh. On "iDay", some mother in the mall looked at the crowd awaiting the doors to open and mouthed to me and shaking her head, "you are so stupid". I thought it was cool, since I was standing next a producer who does many of those Apple videos and commercials and had a very interesting conversation for the hour.

May 16, 08 - 07:01 am Comment from: silverwarloc

They just don't understand why people would stand in line for an Apple store to open on its inaugural day.

May 16, 08 - 07:50 am Comment from: Kirk

On the green roof, it actually doesn't need to be mowed or tended. I heard a radio report on green roofs the other day. It maintains itself and helps keep the building much cooler (passively) than a regular roof. Significantly cuts energy costs. They also typically have sensors to alert you if there's a leak!

They're becoming more popular these days, even on regular homes. Mostly good in climates that tend to get regular rain, of course...

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