Yesterday Apple revealed the changes it is making to the iconic Fifth Avenue Cube in a drawing on the side of the a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/09/apple-reveals-fifth-avenue-cube-plans-larger-seamless-glass-panes/"temporary construction barriers/a. The multi-million dollar upgrade will reduce the number of glass panes from 90 to 15 by using larger, seamless pieces of glass, and will give the cube a much cleaner, more streamlined look: br/ br/ a href="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/newcube.jpg"img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/newcube560.jpg" alt="" title="newcube560" width="560" height="405" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-320521" //a br/ The above rendering of the new cube, a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/08/09/apple_4.php"provided to Gothamist/a by Apple, shows what the improved structure will look like. Compare the simplified glass structure in the rendering above to the much more complicated glass in the old cube: br/ br/ a href="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/oldcube.jpg"img src="http://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2011/08/oldcube560.jpg" alt="" title="oldcube560" width="560" height="350" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-320528" //a br/ The tall, huge pieces of glass bring to mind the glass frontages in newer Apple Stores like the a href="http://macrumors.com/2010/07/07/glass-tower-on-apples-new-shanghai-store-revealed/"Pudong location/a in Shanghai or the a href="http://apple.com/retail/upperwestside/"Upper West Side/a location in Manhattan. IFOAppleStore a href="http://ifoapplestore.com/db/2011/08/09/new-glass-technology-is-behind-cube-replacement/"has additional details/a about the new glass technology behind the building. br/ br/ The upgraded cube is scheduled for completion this November.br/ br/ br/ bRecent Mac and iOS Blog Stories/bbr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/09/cablevision-releases-optimum-app-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/"Cablevision Releases Optimum App For iPhone and iPod Touch/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/09/apples-ownership-of-pvrapple-com-confirmed/"Apple#039;s Ownership of PVRApple.com Confirmed/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/09/apple-store-liverpool-one-empty-ahead-of-unrest/"Apple Store Liverpool ONE Empty Ahead of Unrest [Updated]/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/08/cut-the-rope-experiments-delivers-more-candy-for-om-nom/"#039;Cut the Rope: Experiments#039; Delivers More Candy For Om Nom/abr/ bull; a href="http://macrumors.com/2011/08/08/logic-9-1-5-updates-bring-bug-fixes-and-apogee-duet-2-compatibility-improvements/"Logic 9.1.5 Updates Bring Bug Fixes and Apogee Duet 2 Compatibility Improvements/abr/ pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jC-mhEvIX1BOUEUZxKeM28zFKEE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jC-mhEvIX1BOUEUZxKeM28zFKEE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jC-mhEvIX1BOUEUZxKeM28zFKEE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jC-mhEvIX1BOUEUZxKeM28zFKEE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=2WkfWtlGlPI:u-cj-gMHXE4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=2WkfWtlGlPI:u-cj-gMHXE4:6W8y8wAjSf4"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=2WkfWtlGlPI:u-cj-gMHXE4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/2WkfWtlGlPI" height="1" width="1"/

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