two block south of the current store. Plans call for the demolition of the current 3-story, former Borders bookstore building, and constructing a new, 17,500 s.f. store, with about 4,000 of that in a partial basement for back-of-house operations, and an unknown area at the rear of the store behind a stone wall. The architecture is a duplicate of the Upper West Side store: stone side walls, and 34-foot tall arched glass roof. City Planning Commission approved the project Aug. 17, 2011, and the Architectural Review Board approved it Sept. 19, 2011. A permit app puts the demolition cost at $264,000, and project cost at $1,635,018.88. Demolition began in Feb. 2012. The store could open in fall 2012. [ news story ] [renderings] [ ARB report and approval] [ permit applications ] [June 16 photos #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5 / #6 ] [July 21 steel ] [ August 25th steel ] [Sept. 1 storefront / interior-rear ] [Oct. 25 interior ] [Oct. 31 #1 / #2 / #3 ] 10-15 Princes Street - Edinburgh, Scotland - This shopping street in the central business district would give Apple's store a view of the spectacular Edinburgh Castle, set on a 400-foot cliff across Princes Street Gardens. Rumored for two years, but finally confirmed in April, 2008, but at an unknown location. In Oct. 2010 a newspaper said Apple was in final talks with city officials to open a store in an unknown space along Princes St., and