Apple Easton Town Center

Apple Easton Town Center is an Apple Store located in , USA. It opened for business in 2001 as Apple's seventh retail store and is internally identified as R009.Apple Storefronts: #7 Easton Town Center R009 by Thomas Park, AppSpot. Archived 2019-03-30. However, the store moved up to become the fourth oldest still in operation with the closure of Apple Willow Bend in April 2019.Apple Storefronts: #6 Easton Town Center R009 by Thomas Park, AppSpot. 2019-06-15. Archived 2019-06-17.
==Location==
This Apple Store is presently situated on 4210 The Strand within the in Columbus. It is normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day except Sundays, when it is open from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.
==History==
The store was originally designed by architect Art Gensler in direct collaboration with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.Original Apple retail store architect Art Gensler dies at 85 by Mike Peterson, Apple Insider. 2021-05-11. It was first opened on September 7, 2001 as Apple Store Easton within a smaller space at 4070 The Strand East within the town center. On November 10, 2012, the store reopened in a larger space that had been vacated by at 4210 The Strand.Older Ohio Apple Store to relocate by Kelly Hodgkins, Engadget. 2012-06-26. The old location was divided up and occupied by 's "PINK" brand and ; the entire space was eventually taken over by Victoria's Secret.Apple’s former retail stores: Where are they now? by Michael Steeber, oTo5Mac. 2018-04-04.
===Incidents===
On April 11, 2008, the original store location was robbed by burglars who shattered the front window and loaded Apple merchandise into a black .Ohio Apple Store robbed in early morning hours by Cory Bohon, The Unofficial Apple Weblog. 2008-04-12. Archived 2008-04-14. In February 2011, 16-year-old Andrew D. Kelley was charged with murder for fatally shooting his 15-year-old brother Andrake in the back of head in front of shoppers next to the store after an argument involving a group of teens.Dispute in Columbus, Ohio Apple Store Ends with Gunplay by J.R. Bookwalter, Mac Life. 2011-02-17.Teen charged with murder in brother's shooting at Easton, The Columbus Dispatch. 2011-03-02. Andrew Kelley would himself be shot and killed elsewhere in Columbus in May 2020.Man, 26, ID’d as fatal shooting victim on Near East Side, The Columbus Dispatch. 2020-05-27.
On June 1, 2010, the store's newer location in Easton Town Center was pre-emptively boarded up during nationwide protests related to George Floyd.Easton Town Center open for business. @Apple Store boarded up windows. Some barriers being put up in certain sections. Security present for shoppers to see. by Lu Ann Stoia, Twitter. 2020-06-01.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple Easton Town Center at Apple
**Apple Retail Store - Easton Town Center (archived 2012-11-10, 2012-06-16)
**Apple Store, Easton Town Center (archived 2008-08-07, 2004-12-04, 2001-11-10)
*Apple Store at Easton Town Center
Category:Apple Stores in the United States
Category:2001 establishments