Comments on: Apple store on historic grounds http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mitball http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-131254 mitball Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:05:35 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-131254 Just for the record. This is NOT the Apple Store, it is the Gravis store, a German dealer who sells Apple and other computer products. The real Apple Store with the mentioned Genius Bar, free wifi and my future hang is under construction around the corner at 1 Rosenstrasse just off Marienplatz. It is reported to be a 4 story building an all glass facade with the Apple logo suspended over the entrance. It is slated to open mid-2008 and already accepting job applicants (http://www.apple.com/jobs/euro/store/). http://macgazette.de/2008/03/17/fortsetzung-deutschlands-erster-apple-store/ Why Gravis made such a big investment for a new shop when rumors were already circulating that Apple was planning a huge flagship store in the same neighborhood a year later is perplexing. Unless they switch their product line they most likely will be out of business in less than 6 months. Maybe back to another brewery after all!? Just for the record. This is NOT the Apple Store, it is the Gravis store, a German dealer who sells Apple and other computer products.

The real Apple Store with the mentioned Genius Bar, free wifi and my future hang is under construction around the corner at 1 Rosenstrasse just off Marienplatz. It is reported to be a 4 story building an all glass facade with the Apple logo suspended over the entrance. It is slated to open mid-2008 and already accepting job applicants (http://www.apple.com/jobs/euro/store/).

http://macgazette.de/2008/03/17/fortsetzung-deutschlands-erster-apple-store/

Why Gravis made such a big investment for a new shop when rumors were already circulating that Apple was planning a huge flagship store in the same neighborhood a year later is perplexing. Unless they switch their product line they most likely will be out of business in less than 6 months.

Maybe back to another brewery after all!?

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-115030 Fred Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:17:59 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-115030 It's the very same spot: The house used to be a brewery where the DAP party met regularly. The back room of the brewery was then turned into a museum for the "founding fathers" of the Nazi movement after they took over power. It’s the very same spot: The house used to be a brewery where the DAP party met regularly. The back room of the brewery was then turned into a museum for the “founding fathers” of the Nazi movement after they took over power.

]]> By: ThePete http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-114961 ThePete Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:11:48 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/10/14/apple-store-on-historic-grounds/#comment-114961 Very fascinating stuff, man--again, thanks for sharing it. I'm sure the founding fathers of the Nazi party would have really appreciated the thought of a "Genius Bar" being on the very spot they formed their group on. So, just to clarify, did Hitler join up with them on that spot or was it at that house you mentioned? Very fascinating stuff, man–again, thanks for sharing it. I’m sure the founding fathers of the Nazi party would have really appreciated the thought of a “Genius Bar” being on the very spot they formed their group on.

So, just to clarify, did Hitler join up with them on that spot or was it at that house you mentioned?

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