Say it.
We are so big in Australia, but we never have an Apple flagship store. Look at the United States. Right。
Is it always right to catch up with the tide?
Just last week, the Victorian Director of Tourism announced an astonishing news of the demolition of the landmark Yarra Building in Melbourne`s Federation Square!
Why? Because the new Apple flagship store is going to be here!
Is it good?! Melbourne`s landmarks are making way for Apple!
Melbourne will build a 500-square-meter flagship store in federal square, replacing Sydney`s apple store as Australia`s largest Apple flagship, the state tourism agency said.
This will also be the world`s fifth truly flagship Apple store, the first outside the United States!
This flagship store will bring huge sightseeing opportunities to Victoria and Australia, with at least 2 million more visitors a year!
But the price is unacceptable to Australians:
Demolishing the Yarra Building landmark just to make room for Apple flagship stores?
In addition to the demolition of landmarks, another controversial point is that the project is announced directly through the government without any consultation or prior notice, and policy transparency is close to zero;
This move has also been a variety of Australian buildings, design experts questioned and opposed, the significance of the demolition of the original building, Yarra Building is not, the new building and the surrounding completely does not match;
Yarra Building`s original Kuli Native Heritage Foundation, (Koorie Heritage Trust), needs to find a new address, knowing that aborigines have been a sensitive topic in Australia and controversial.
In response to "public opinion," Australians have launched a massive vote on change.org, an opinion site, against the construction of Apple`s flagship store in Federation Square. So far, at least 32000 people have signed up to boycott it.
Yeah. Now the result is waiting.
Australian netizens also answer questions for people who are not sure:
This means that the Australian government sold Melbourne`s most famous landmark federal square to a multinational without any public consultation.
YarraBuilding, which had been in existence for only 15 years, was about to be dismantled, destroying the artistic and cultural character of the Union Square completely.
So。 Still, some people think this Yarra Building is artistic.
Fine。 They still have meaning of being.
Open it, or don`t do it, guess ~
