Isitolo se-Apple esizayo eWalnut Creek, siqala ukukhombisa ukwakheka kwaso. Siyazazi izithombe zabo ezivela komakhelwane abangaphesheya komgwaqo, abaye babelana ngezithombe zokuvela kwesitolo, ngoba ezingeni lomgwaqo ukuvela kwayo akuhlukile.
I-Apple Store itholakala phakathi kweNeima Marcus neCrate neBarrell enkabeni yeBroadway Plaza. Umsebenzi usuthuthuke impela, njengoba sesiqale unyaka owedlule manje. Ngenxa yobukhulu nokwakheka kwangempela, ibizwa ukuthi ibe ngesinye sezitolo ezinkulu ze-Apple eCalifornia.
Imibono yokugcina ebesinayo ngesitolo, isukela ngoFebhuwari odlule, lapho kuboniswe kuphela isakhiwo sebhilidi nophahla olukhombise ukubukeka okunzima. Esikhundleni salokho, njengamanje inamawindi ahlaba umxhwele emafasiteleni angenakulinganiswa kulo lonke isakhiwo sesitshalo. Lesi sakhiwo sisikhumbuza iSteve Jobs Theatre eseCupertino.
Elinye iphuzu elibalulekile lesitolo indawo engenakuhlulwa. Ngubani ongayazi indawo yesitolo, itholakala empambanweni emele kakhulu indawo yezentengiselwano phakathi kwe-Main Street ne-Olympic Boulevard.
Isakhiwo esisodwa sobude, ngokuqhathaniswa nezakhiwo eziphakeme ezahlukahlukene nezitshalo ezingunxande, zakha umoya oqondayo, kepha ngasikhathi sinye esobala futhi esisha. Amawindi ahlala kuyo yonke indawo kusuka phansi kuya ophahleni. Kepha akusiso sonke isakhiwo esiyingilazi njenge-Apple Park. Ezinhlangothini zaseNyakatho naseNingizimu sithola amabhlogo wamatshe.
Umnyango wesakhiwo wenziwa ezinhlangothini ezisempumalanga nasentshonalanga, ngale ndlela ukuhanjiswa kwesitolo kuzokwenziwa ngaphandle kwezixuku. Isitolo sizoba nesikhala ngaphandler, phakathi kwezisekelo ezinkulu zamatshe, okuyi bazosebenzela ukubikezela imihlangano ngokuthutheleka okuphakathi naphakathi. Lo mqondo uyifa eliqondile kusuka ku- Angela Ahrendts, ufuna ukuthi i-Apple Store ibe yindawo yokuhlangana. Ekugcineni, sithola izimila ngesimo sezihlahla, umthombo kanye ne-patio yezitini.
