Why no Apple love in the Mission? You’d think this is something even Chicken John could get behind.
The only question is where? On Mission? Or Valencia? A few proposals:
The Social Security Building / old Hibernia Bank on Valencia and 22nd and Valencia:
Pros: Apple-eqsue architecture
Cons: even longer Boogaloo lines
Pros: empty building finally used; good WiFi coverage for the park; nice park to rest in while awaiting Genius Bar appointments
Cons: dark wood beams may conflict with Steve Jobs beech aethsetic; Pottery Barn may attempt to move into Christian Science Church next door
Pros: Even better WiFi coverage in DP; safe refuge for Blue Bottle; clean bathrooms
Cons: white Apple logo easily tagged
Please add your suggestions in the comments.
Z Barn seems to be empty… did they go out of business? That would be a good-sized spot, except of course chain stores are not allowed on Valencia.
there are no apple stores in the mission, because we’re too poor (per capita). However, if they did open one at the Castle, it would be teh awesomest! because it would be blasting wifi into the Dolo which means face time in the park, and access to a working signal, since AT&T sucks on crowded days. and sucks on regular days. and sucks on rainy days…….
There is a perfectly rational explanation for why there’s no Apple store in the Mission, and it has everything to do with demand. Three Apple stores in the city is plenty. It’s not as if they’re losing any business here without a retail presence.
Palo Alto has two and SF has three. Plus Stonestown should really be in Daly City. I think a little one would so quite well.
The new one in Palo Alto is going in where Z Gallerie used to be on University Ave. I think that location will be larger than the Union Square location, if you can believe that.
jump on the BART you lazy bastards.
but i live in the mission and i dont like to leave the mission. it’s so cool here. we have everything BUT an Apple Store. i hate making an extra stop for my vegan burrito before i got to the Genius bar. everything should be in the mission. EVERYTHING!
Don’t worry, there would be a taqueria in the store too.
Or better yet, have an Apple Truck that drives around the Mission that parks next to El Tonayense.
Kind of a roving Genius Bar / iPhone dispenser with mobile WiFi! Awesome, no? Fuck yeah.
This, so much this!
No fights over which established or abandoned storefront to take over, just sweet, rolling WiFi goodness, plus a place to pick up that extra adapter or get Genius-Bar level apre-burrito. Would also make a convenient mid-point for Postmates pick-up/dropoff of getting stuff for you.
this comment is like a time machine
How about just a little one, back by the stinky meat counter at Duc Loi?
It would be awesome if they took over one of the many empty 99 cents stores on Mission street.
That would be the antithesis of awesome.
Because the Mission is a dump.
Isn’t the apple store a CHAIN??? We can’t have that in the Mission. Some call chicken john
Are you serious? If residents blocked American Apparel and Blue Bottle (Blue Bottle!), what chance does a yuppie magnet like Apple have?
I don’t think you understand the Mission very well. Do you have any idea how many developers live here?
http://www.atasite.org/2010/11/jen-susman-carling-mcmanus-apple-of-my-eye/