New Pictures 05/23/08
Here are two new pictures, one I was able to get when I was at Crocker Park the other day, one one image from reader Thomas. Thanks Thomas for the Pic!
Add comment May 26th, 2008
New Pictures 05/04/08
New pictures of the Apple Store. In the picture you can see that the concrete floor has been poored and they are beginning to but up the walls. We should see the store take shape quickley now.
I will be at Crocker Park on Wednesday to take more images.
Thank-you Bob for the image!
Add comment May 5th, 2008
Pictures 04/27/08
It looks like they are rushing the Apple Store, they are almost ready to pour the concrete for the floor.
Add comment April 28th, 2008
Newish Pictures. 04/13/08
When I was at Crocker Park taking these pictures I was approached my a security guard, he told me I was not allowed to take pictures on private property.
Add comment April 22nd, 2008
New Pics 04/01/08
Here are some more recent pictures. I will be at the site on Thursday. Thank-you Bob for the great images!
Add comment April 2nd, 2008
Help Wanted!
Since I am living about about an hour away from Crocker Park, It would be a great help if anyone is able to take pictures. Progress should go quickly and I may not be able to get to Crocker Park as much as I would like.
Thank-you for your Help.
Add comment March 28th, 2008
Any day now. . ..
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have NOT stopped updating the site. There has been no progress since the last post.
We are still waiting for steel to arrive at the work site, as soon as it does I will have pictures.
Add comment February 18th, 2008
Cleveland Plain Dealer - January 5th,2008
Apple store reportedly coming to Crocker Park
New Westlake store could open in summer
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Zachary Lewis
Plain Dealer Reporter
Rejoice, Mac users. The Apple store long envisioned for Crocker Park in Westlake appears to be on its way.
Westlake officials said construction on a building slated to house Northeast Ohio’s second Apple outlet already has begun and is on track for a possible opening this summer. The future store is even accepting applications.
Robert Parry, director of planning and economic development for Westlake, said Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple is “anxious” to move forward on a project that has been under discussion since the early days of Crocker Park in 2006.
“It’s been on their plans for a long time,” he said. “It’s been talked about for two years now. It’s hard to believe.”
Apple would not confirm an interest in Crocker Park. Spokeswoman Amy Barney said only that Apple has “made no announcements regarding a store at that location.”
Across town, a manager at the Legacy Village store in Lyndhurst also declined to comment.
Apple’s Web site is more revealing. Its “Job Opportunities” page points to 11 positions available at a store at Crocker Park. Two of those positions — store manager and assistant store manager — are labeled “current” openings.
Crocker Park officials would not discuss the site’s possible future as the West Side source for iPods, iPhones and iMacs.
But Darryl Whitehead, marketing director for Crocker Park developer Stark Enterprises, confirmed that construction on the mixed-use building that Parry said would house Apple is under way on the south side of Crocker Park Boulevard near Dick’s Sporting Goods.
He said the five-floor structure known as the “Langston” building will entail four residential floors as well as a ground-level strip of clothing and accessories retailers, including Sunglass Hut, MAC Cosmetics, Lucky Brand Jeans, Guess and Bebe.
Parry said the building will measure 125,000 square feet and contain 56 dwelling units across four upper levels. The lower floor set aside for retail space will measure approximately 30,000 square feet, he said, with just over 5,100 square feet slated for Apple.
Designs for an Apple store, storefront and sign have been submitted to Westlake City Council and are up for review at a Planning Commission meeting Monday night. Drawings for the site were completed by Kenneth Park, a New York-based architecture firm.
Parry said he expects the plans to be approved, clearing the way for Apple to move ahead with construction through the winter, toward an opening as early as summer.
“I don’t think weather’s going to stop them,” he said. “That shouldn’t hold them up at all. . . . I don’t see [Apple] not going forward.”
If and when the Crocker Park store opens, it would be the fourth Apple location in Ohio and the second in Northeast Ohio. Besides Legacy Village, Apple also has stores at Kenwood Towne Centre in suburban Cincinnati and at Easton Town Center in Columbus.
Regionally, Cleveland would not be unique in having two stores. Pittsburgh also has two Apple stores, and there are four Apple locations in Greater Detroit.
Parry said he’s eager to see Apple in Westlake. “They need something for techies at Crocker Park,” he said. “We need a gadget store.”
Still, his eagerness is no match for the rapt anticipation of avid Mac users like 21-year-old Cuyahoga Falls resident Eric Roth, who has been looking forward to this news practically every day since October 2006 on a blog devoted to the prospect of an Apple store at Crocker Park.
The site, “Apple Store Crocker Park,” features news updates, Internet links and photos, even a store selling T-shirts, buttons and coffee mugs. Roth said he hasn’t actually sold anything, but he does receive 300 to 500 visitors a month.
Now that his long-awaited store is actually on the horizon, Roth said he’s already looking forward to camping outside its yet-to-be-built front door, just as he did for the grand openings at two other Apple stores, in Canada and in Michigan.
“We’ll probably be first in line,” Roth said. “We go for the fun of it. . . .
“It’s the people, being with like-minded people who are just as crazy as you are.”
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
zlewis@plaind.com, 216-999-4632
Add comment January 15th, 2008
No progress, New information.
The storefront for the Apple store was approved during the “City Planning Committee” on January 7th, 2008.
If you would like to watch the meeting you can view it at www.cityofwestlake.org or you can copy and paste the following link into your browser.
Once you arrive at the site,select the video from 01/07/08. The Apple presentation is about 35min into the video.
Also, the footers for the ENW building are in and they are waiting on a delivery of structural steel.(should arrive early February
Thank-you Bob.
Add comment January 15th, 2008
No new pics.
I dont have any new pictures to post because I am out of town but, you may have noticed the fantastic article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer by Zach Lewis.
The article also had a little better rendering of the building in which the apple store will be.
Add comment January 7th, 2008
New shirt on the CafePress.com Store
Take a look at the new applestore-crockerpark.com shirt. It is my favorite so far.
Front
Back
If you would like to order the shirt, just click the link on the right hand side of the page or you can go to www.cafepress.com/ascrockerpark.
Add comment December 23rd, 2007
Report to Council December 10th 2007
I just noticed this on cityofwestlake.org
Take a look at the botton of page two.
Add comment December 19th, 2007
Site Pic 12.12.07
Looks like at this time we are waiting for all the footers to set. As soon as they do we should start to see some steel going up.
Add comment December 14th, 2007
Support the site
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Any donation will be appreciated.
Add comment December 13th, 2007
Over 2,000 Unique Visitors!
I just wanted o send a thank-you to everyone who has visited the site in the last year or so. Applestore-Crockerpark.com has now had over 2,000 unique visitors, and is setting new records for visits each month.
If you have any suggestion for the site please feel free to contact me at admin@applestore-crockerpark.com
I am now working on t-shirt designs for opening day, if anyone has any suggestions, let me know.
Add comment December 11th, 2007
Apple Store Pics 11.30.07
Some progress, mostly footers, and some electrical work.
Click on the image for the full size image.
Add comment December 1st, 2007
Apple Store Crocker Park 11.16.07
Click the picture for the full version.
Add comment November 16th, 2007
www.applestore-crockerpark.com t-Shirts
If you are interested in purchasing any ASCP.com clothing you are more that welcome to stop by the cafePress store.
Purchasing any items from this “Store” is a great way to support the web site.
www.cafepress.com/ascrockerpark
More shirts are on their way! I am working on the designs now.
Add comment October 24th, 2007
Read all about it - Great Information
Recently there has been a flood of great information about our dear apple store. I have the links to the sites so you will be able to read in as much,or as little detail as you would like.
I went to the site today and it looks like they have started pouring footers. I do have picture that I will be able to post tonight.
First the holy grail of information (Blue Prints) Click the Picture for a larger image,you can see “Apple Store” on the space second from the right. Also it looks like about 3,000sqf
It seems they discuss the ENW building in the City Council minutes. (Click Here for PDF)
Also the ENW building is discussed in the Planning Commision Minutes (Click Here for PDF)
If you would like to view the video and see the slides with the blue prints go HERE and click the October 4th meeting.
Thank-you Bob for links to all the great information!
Add comment October 20th, 2007
And the countdown begins!
So I am at work just checking my email (business as usual) and I opened an email from a site visitor that says they have begun to pour the footers for the store.
Hopefully I will be able to make it to Crocker Park tomorrow to take some wonderful new picture.
And once again, if anyone is able to take pictures of new construction email me them and I would be delighted to add them to the site.
Add comment October 19th, 2007
Progress Picture 9.27.07
It looks like all they have done is remove the lamp posts.
2 comments September 29th, 2007
The Countdown is on!
The construction has started on the building that will hold the future Crocker Park Apple Store.
I will be visiting the site as often as I am able to. If you take pictures of anything interesting feel free to submit them and I will be able to post them on the site.
Add comment September 21st, 2007
A Fence, A Fence! WOO-HOO!!!!
It looks like they might actually start some construction.
1 comment September 11th, 2007
No Crocker Park Info. . .But Legacy Village Pictures!
The Legacy Village Apple Store has recently reopened. I went to the store today to purchase the new aluminum keyboard (It was in-stock)
As you can see there is no longer a formal register to pay at. When I went to the store i paid with a associate. The store seems much larger with the Genius Bar at the back rather than on the left hand side.
Sorry about the poor quality of pictures. The are obviously from a cell phone (2MP)
Add comment August 17th, 2007
Thank-you for visiting the site.
As we neer the 1000th unique hit on the web site,and pass the one year mark I wanted to thank everyone who has commented and contributed to the site.
As I have said in the past I live ablout 1hr away from the store now. If anyone has pictures of the construction email them to me and I would be delighted to post them on the site.
I cannot wait to stop taking pictures of moving dirt. . . .
Add comment July 27th, 2007
Lots of Progress…On Gamekeepers (87 West)
They are finally making significant progress on Gamekeepers or 87 West. I am unsure of the final name at this point. If you would like more information on Gamekeepers it is available at www.gamekeepers.com. Unfortunately there has been no progress on the Apple Store but with the progress on Gamekeepers I feel it is just around the corner. If anyone notices progress before I am able to take pictures you are more than welcome to send them to me. I just moved and now I am about one hour from Crocker Park.
Gamekeepers (87 West)
Classic View
Add comment May 21st, 2007
So I was wrong on one thing..
The structure they are building in the blvd. is actually not a Huntington bank. I was going to be a restaurant, but it turns out they are going to tear the structure down and reconstruct a larger version. I don’t know if this is slowing the construction of the Apple store building( i will call back later in the week)
I cannot imagine the tear-down and reconstruction costs.
Add comment April 11th, 2007
New Apple iRack! (On MadTV)
1 comment March 26th, 2007
Were at a standstill.
I visit Crocker Park about twice a week and I recently noticed that I had never seen anyone working on the Huntington Bank. The sign Crocker Park Phase 2 is financed by Huntington and this “Road Banking Office” will be finished March 2007. Today is the 20th and it is just a few more than 10 days from being compleated.
The site a few more than 10 days from compleation.
This makes me wonder if it is possible that the construction company is dragging their feet.
1 comment March 20th, 2007
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1 comment March 5th, 2007
03.01.07 - I need a work out….
I am now thinking they may start in the apple store after they are finished with the new Gold’s Gym. I was at CP today and they are working on the gym, I believe it is set to open on monday 03.05.07. Here are some pics of Gold’s Gym,Chipotle, and Norwalk Furniture.
Chipotle and Norwalk Furniture on the 1st floor of the gym.
Chipotle.
I don’t think they have made ANY progress on the Huntington Bank in the centre of the street.
Add comment March 2nd, 2007
Since there is no progress. . .
Eaton Centre was the last store opening I attended.
Add comment February 12th, 2007
Best Buy…I’d say.
Since there is no news on the new Apple Store here are some interesting pics I took while at a recent visit to Best Buy.
Best Buy has a “Great” application that displays the important stats about the PC you are looking at. It seems some of the systems are having trouble displaying the correct amount of RAM or mabye these are just really great deals.
This PC has 939GB of ram,just short of 1.0 TB
Cost of PC3200 DDR 400MHz: 1GB= $148.00×939=$138,972
This computer for anything less than $100 Grand is a STEAL.
No wonder this laptop with 536GB of RAM is sold out too.
Add comment December 31st, 2006
T-Shirts !
I will be out to Crocker Park to check for progress. In the meantime guess what we have now….T-Shirts,available from Cafepress.com of course.
Click Here to view our Cafepress.com Store. Let me know if there are other products you would like.
Add comment December 6th, 2006
