Construction Photos & Opening Date

A neighboring business has posted a large collection of photos (flickr) of the Chestnut Street (San Francisco) retail store construction, which Apple has announced will open on Black Friday, November 23rd at the early hour of 9 a.m. The photos include the arrival of the stainless steel storefront panels that will highlight the stores interior. Fireside Camera occupies the space directly east of the space Apple will occupy, and employees have documented much of the work on the space, including steel work, placement of the heritage clay roof tiles, and interior work visible through the front opening. The small camera and photo supply shop has been in the Marina District since 1954. The photos show that Apple completely replaced the sidewalk in front of the new store, a common Apple project to insure the store’s appearance is perfect. From the street the building appears as a single level, but in fact there is a second-level storage area set at the back of the property, all so the store matches the adjacent heritage buildings and the neighborhood in general. In e-mail announcing the opening, Apple calls it “the perfect day.”