The town square “gathering places” notion isn’t a bad concept to have for a retail operation to adopt for their internal vision. It’s fine and really just a ri

The town square “gathering places” notion isn’t a bad concept to have for a retail operation to adopt for their internal vision. It’s fine and really just a rip-off of Starbuck’s “third place” (which was around long before Apple used it for their retail vision). While Apple Retail was headed by Angela however she was involved in preposterous keynote speeches about how it’s making cities better and supporting the community. It was corporate BS writ large and used as a justification for pushing large retail stores into state significant public spaces. It’s not a town square when it’s owned and controlled by a corporation who decides what does and doesn’t occur within its boundaries.