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The new Apple store on Boylston St. in Boston is the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world.

The new Apple store on Boylston St. in Boston is the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world.  About 20,000 feet of Apple retail space occupy three floors.  The first people in line arrived around 24 hours before the store opened. Back row: Devin Allen and Gary Allen of Berkeley, Calif. Front row: Steve Raposa from Attleboro, Mass. and Matt Duffy of Glasgow, Scotland.  Parking on adjacent streets was restricted by Boston police, and metal barricades were erected to contain lines of people waiting to get in.  The color and design of the sign announcing Apple's opening day echoes the wall in Fenway Park known as the Green Monster.  Patrick Guerrero, 22, a film student, clutches his iPhone as he waits inline.  Keeping busy to pass the time in line.  Apple's neighbor, Tech Superpowers, hand out breakfast burritos.  This 12-year-old boy from Needham, Mass. said, "all the people in my family are Macheads."  Employees from the Smith Haven Apple store in Long Island, NY, left home at 5AM to get a place in line for the Boston store opening. It was their day off.  Being interviewed by a local television reporter.  In the final hour before the store opened, Apple employees looked out over Boylston Street.  The glass doors swung open at 6:00, as promised.  Enthusiastic Apple staff in blue shirts gave away boxes holding commemorative T-shirts to customers as they entered.  The reception line at the entrance of the Apple store.  Orange-shirted Apple employees, called concierges, whooped and hollered to greet customers.  Some of them danced.  Shoppers and Apple specialists in blue shirts, on the first floor.  Checking out the iPod selection on the second floor.  The spiral glass staircase spans three floors and runs through the center of the store.  Running up the staircase, to the third floor, where the Genius Bar is.  View of the stairs, from the second floor landing.  Apple store staff in blue and orange shirts were everywhere.  Handing out t-shirts at the entrance, as seen from above.  Feet on the spiral stairs, seen from below.  The top floor, facing the front of the store and overlooking Boylston Street.  A young shopper tries out the MacBook Air.  As in other Apple stores, a low table and IMacs loaded with kid-friendly apps found their demographic.  Notebooks are on the first floor.  Using the iPhone's camera to capture a customer in front of the Apple logo.  Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton arriving at the Apple store shortly after 6:00 PM. He did not need to stand in line.  Jason Varitek, captain of the Boston Red Sox, entering the store.  Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo autographs an Apple t-shirt for a fan.  Julio Lugo, wearing his World Series Championship ring and signing autographs outside the Apple store.  The Apple t-shirt was designed to look like Fenway Park's Green Monster. 

The new Apple store on Boylston St. in Boston is the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world.