Unlikely venue for an Apple store by Helen Betts

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12-May-2019

Unlikely venue for an Apple store

We stopped by Apple’s new flagship store in DC, which opened on Saturday. It’s situated in the former Carnegie Library (DC Central Public Library), a Beaux Arts building constructed in 1903 and restored by Apple. The place is gigantic and also houses the new DC History Center and research library, owned and operated by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

According to Apple’s press release, “Originally funded by Andrew Carnegie and opened in 1903, the library will once again be a center for learning, discovery and creativity for the community, keeping with Carnegie’s vision of a public and free space for all.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

‘Wild’ iris, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone XS Max
1/730s f/1.8 at 4.2mm iso25 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Richard Chu		02-Aug-2019 17:42
Apple Store beautifully captured with an Apple iPhone! V

Julie Oldfield		15-May-2019 14:05
Beautiful! V

Nirvan Hope		14-May-2019 01:06
Aha...technology is taking over America! Better in an old building than have it torn down. Interesting it's in a building with a library - most research now takes place in an Apple cloud!

chris morton		13-May-2019 15:01
it does seem an unlikely combination; perhaps Apple itself has passed from Classical to Baroque

bill friedlander		13-May-2019 13:18
A grand old building beautifully captured. I hope books are not on the way out.

carabias		13-May-2019 10:12
The architecture of this building is very beautiful! V

marie-jose wolff		13-May-2019 08:51
an amazing and classy building! V

danad		13-May-2019 08:18
A classy store for sure and quitly different from the modern design of "traditional" Apple stores...V.

Fong Lam		13-May-2019 07:30
A beautiful and imposing building.....now we have to pay more for our Apple products.....V

Ika Zinka Eferl		13-May-2019 06:30
Wonderful symmetry and graphics in this beautiful building. V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		13-May-2019 05:57
Fantastic shot of this beautiful building. V

joseantonio		13-May-2019 04:15
such an amazing place for an Apple Store.V.

Charlene Ambrose		13-May-2019 04:13
It is a beautiful historic building but seems an odd place for an Apple store. I hope you took a photo inside so we can see what they did in there! V

Liz Bickel		13-May-2019 03:36
Amazing!

Jim Coffman		13-May-2019 02:51
All I can say is wow!!

PauloCGama		13-May-2019 02:33
Thanks for the text, Helen. Nice building for sure. V

Hank Vander Velde		13-May-2019 01:01
Interestin g building, well captured along with a good description Helen.

Gill Kopy		13-May-2019 00:37
Super shot of this very impressive building - I bet Apple are very happy to acquire it. They should add to their blurb, to not forget your wallet - ha ha :) V

Dave Berry		13-May-2019 00:07
We have some old Carnegie Libraries out here in some of the quaint town squares. Healdsburg, Sonoma and Paso Robles, to name a few. This is way larger and more impressive, but we're talking DC, not Dogpatch. Great capture. V

globalgadabout		12-May-2019 23:02
must be posh inside too...Carnegie was omnipresent...he even funded a library in one of the oldest stone buildings here in Vancouver...taking a picture there would be challenging though, as it sits at the most notorious corner in the city, swarming with druggies, dealers, pimps, etc..

Graeme		12-May-2019 22:30
What an amazing building to house the new apple store in, Helen.V