Apple Ousts Nine West in West 34th Showdown

Wednesday, July 12, 2006, by Lockhart

[Mashup made possible by PropertyShark's street photo archive]

Can anything save the dingy retail blocks of West 34th Street? Why yes, come to think of it, something can: the glory that is Steve Jobs. With the gleaming Fifth Avenue Cube now open, our obsession shifts to the shadow of the Empire State Building, at 21 West 34th between Fifth and Sixth, where the next great Digital Mecca is set to rise. An email tipster passes along late-breaking news:

I remember an article stating that apple would be opening a W 34th Street store. I believe that this is at 21 W 34th Street, a vacant building marketed by Cushman and Wakefield. I now notice that Nine West has closed next door. I havent been able to find the managing agent at SL Green to see if this is true. Do you guys have any info on this? It is suppose to be a 30,000 SF store.

All signs point towards Apple taking over this swath of the block. But why stop there? Imagine it: the entire Empire State Building, remade into a single, gleaming retail destination, with a small, gleaming fruit shining from the top.
· Apple Plans New Store Opposite Empire State Building [Apple Insider]

Filed under Manhattan: Midtown West/Times Square, Retail,

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Comments (4 extant)

hey Property Shark, can you chill with the rediculous water marks on the images. Just put one in the corner, this is silly, you are not exactly Henri Bresson.

By anony at July 12, 2006 12:39 PM

21 East 34th ain't between 5th and 6th.

ninewest.com confirms that it's 21 West 34th.

By Correctomatic at July 12, 2006 1:54 PM

what about the huge, recently-vacated space at the northeast corner of eigtheenth st. and fifth ave.? it was a Daffy's for at least the last twenty years; now, there a huge white covering up — I'm hoping for an apple store.

anyone know anything?

By rbk at July 13, 2006 3:10 AM

update: it's gonna be an h&m

By rbk at July 14, 2006 1:21 AM