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Apple continues to irk nation's architectual boards
It's not easy to be cutting-edge. You may remember last month when Apple was having difficulty getting Boston's Back Bay Architectural Commission to approve the design of what should be a new flagship retail store in Beantown. Similarly, NYC shot down a design for an all-glass storefront facade that was proposed for the city's flatiron district. However, it's been a different story in Alexandria, Virginia.According to ifoAppleStore, the city recently approved Apple's proposal for a steel-and-glass building with two Apple logo signs in place of what used to be a McDonald's. Kudos to Alexandria's Board of Architectural Review, which stated that it "...[discourages] standard, off-the-shelf, aluminum storefront components that tend to result in repetitive storefront designs.” Like I said about the proposed Boston store, I think the juxtaposition of contemporary and historic architecture in a city is quite attractive. Are you listening, Back Bay Architectural Commission?[Via ifoAppleStore]
Add Virginia to the list of FIOS states
The Virginia General Assembly has drafted a law and passed it on to the Governor to sign on July 1st. This will help ease Verizon's pain in deploying FIOS in that state by making it very easy to get carriage agreements, but not as easy as Texas. FIOS is popping up all over and it's well received for good reason. It offers very high speed Internet access and great quality HD! Don't run out and call them just yet, it can take some time for this to be available in your area. You will know it's close when you start to see Verizon FIOS pizza boxes.
