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If you need to stave off icicles, and you are in Chicago, don’t call the Apple Store.
The roof of the new Chicago Apple Store, a massive flagship store on Michigan Avenue, looks like a MacBook. Apple opened the store along the Riverwalk this past October, when hanging ice was less of an issue.
This week, as Illinois froze over into a lakeside tundra, gnarly icicles took shape along the entrance to the store. Apple had to close to walkway, and post notices of falling ice and slippery surfaces.
Burnham Nationwide consulted Apple and the hired architects on the store’s design. Christopher Chwedyk is one of the Burnham Nationwide consultants who worked on the new store.
“Flat roofs are notorious for this kind of thing, and the overhang for this roof is so far out there’s no heat getting to it,” Chwedyk said. “There was no precedent or prototype for this kind of building, so right now the owners are doing the right thing by putting up signs and cordoning areas off until they can make a change.”
Temperatures in Chicago dipped to 20 below zero already in December!
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