


They fit so snugly into the fabric of the town that we feel we don’t have to appreciate them. We have a tendency to take for granted our city’s landmarks and tourism Meccas (Have YOU ever been to the Statue of Liberty or Ellis Island? Yeah, I thought so!). Patrick’s Cathedral, Yankee Stadium, Ground Zero, Central Park, Madison Square Garden, the Met, Lincoln Center and other destinations. It’s fun to observe the crush of languages that are spoken in the building that has become one of the city’s notable tourist attractions, along with St. The establishment on Fifth Avenue and 58th Street stands out as a monument to our city’s cherished history as a melting pot of cultures. It seems like you can’t throw a rock without hitting an Apple store. Think of those conspicuous Apple stores throughout the city – and, for good measure around the world. One outcome is clear: Jobs should be regarded as a visionary in the annals of the retail industry of New York. 5, 2011, may well go down in history – depending on your point of view – as a hero or a villain when we measure those individuals who had an impact on our lives.

Like, say, gargantuan city planner Robert Moses, Jobs, who died on Oct. At first glance, you would not hold him up as an icon of New York. Steve Jobs, the Apple Computer maverick who died 10 years ago, is best remembered for spearheading the creation of the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
