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GLENDALE: So, did that fancy new Apple Store 2.0 at the Americana lure everyone out of that old-fashioned Apple store in the neighboring Galleria (which is numbered 001, but was the second to open because of the time zone)? Nope, according to Tropico Station. The blog took these photos about ten minutes apart and not only does the crowd look about the same, we can barely even tell the two stores apart. [Tropico Station]
WEST HOLLYWOOD: Today the LA chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 2011 Presidential Awards. An unknown young upstart named Frank Gehry has won the 25-Year Award for his Loyola Law School Campus; Lee + Mundwiler won Emerging Practice; and the Pacific Design Center's yet-to-open Red Building won Building Team of the Year. Check out the rest of the winners here. They'll be honored at the PDC on October 26, along with the winners of the AIA/LA's Design Awards and NextLA Awards. [Curbed Inbox]