Glass panel at Fifth Ave Apple Store shattered by snowblower

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After a heavy snowstorm hit New York on Tuesday, clean up crews using snowblowers reportedly shattered one of the fifteen monolithic glass panels that make up the Fifth Avenue Apple Store's iconic 32-foot glass cube.

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An Apple Store employee confirmed to AppleInsider that a single pane positioned in the southeast corner of the cube was badly cracked, but said the store has remained open since the incident and will continue to operate as normal. Apple's Fifth Ave. location is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Word of the breakage first hit the Web late Tuesday as users of social networks posted pictures of the shattered glass slab to services like Instagram and Facebook. In a separate report, an Apple representative told BuzzFeed that a snowblower caused the damage, though exact details of the incident were not revealed.

Apple first unveiled the now-iconic glass cube -- said to be designed by late cofounder Steve Jobs -- in May of 2006, and the location has become one of the most photographed sites in the area.

The company revamped the huge structure's design five years later by replacing what was originally 90 sheets of glass with only 15 large panes. According to reports at the time, the project cost an estimated $6.7 million, including removal of the old unit, installation of the new design and renovation of the surrounding area.



Tuesday wasn't the first time Apple's Fifth Ave. landmark had a run-in with bad weather. Last May, the underground store flooded after water made its way into the cube during a heavy rainstorm. The outlet remained open and later reports cited drainage issues as the culprit.
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  • Reply 1 of 54
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    Should've made it from gorilla glass. Because Apple likes to throw stones.
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    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member

    How careless and sad, that a big beautiful piece of glass like that should get broken.

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    jusephejusephe Posts: 108member
    Looks cool !
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  • Reply 4 of 54
    there I was just minding my own business, blowing snow of the hard streets of Manhattan, when BOOM, a frozen cat go scooped up by my blower....now I gotta fill out umpteen reports to umpteen departments, sheesh can a humble city worker never get a break?
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  • Reply 5 of 54
    Insurance
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  • Reply 6 of 54
    s.metcalfs.metcalf Posts: 1,024member
    Shattered like one of their touch-sensitive internet and telephony devices. How apt?
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  • Reply 7 of 54

    now it looks like an iphone screen

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  • Reply 8 of 54
    morkymorky Posts: 201member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jusephe View Post



    Looks cool !

    Agreed! The should get out the snowblowers and make them all match.

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  • Reply 9 of 54
    HA HA Woodbine!!!!
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  • Reply 10 of 54
    Come on Appleinsider... How is this front page stuff. Get a grip
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  • Reply 11 of 54
    mknoppmknopp Posts: 257member
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    Originally Posted by FarligOrm View Post



    Come on Appleinsider... How is this front page stuff. Get a grip



    You do realize that this isn't a newspaper, right? Wait a few days and you will get your wish.

     

    Personally, I don't mind this sort of story. It is interesting and Apple related.

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    shogunshogun Posts: 362member
    Breaking news!
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  • Reply 13 of 54
    Not really shattered, but cracked wouldn't seem as headline worthy.

    As we say where I work - if you are working accidents are bound to happen.
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  • Reply 15 of 54
    New York's finest...
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  • Reply 16 of 54
    rmb0037rmb0037 Posts: 142member
    mknopp wrote: »

    You do realize that this isn't a newspaper, right? Wait a few days and you will get your wish.

    Personally, I don't mind this sort of story. It is interesting and Apple related.
    Agreed
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  • Reply 17 of 54
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    farligorm wrote: »
    Come on Appleinsider... How is this front page stuff. Get a grip

    Store front, so goes to front page. Simple, just like Apple.
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  • Reply 18 of 54

    There's a store in George Town, DC that has two of their window panels shattered like that for looks.

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  • Reply 19 of 54

    I just felt that I would fit better at the Backpage section.

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    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    shogun wrote: »
    Breaking news!

    Post of the day!
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