IconoclasT wrote:
] Home improvement retailer's first Manhattan store also
] features concierge, but no sheetrock.
] September 10, 2004: 7:31 AM EDT
]
] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. , known for its
] hangar-like stores, is bringing its massive array of home
] improvement goods to the big city as it gets set to open its
] first three-story shop in Manhattan.
] Home Depot's first Manhattan store, which opens to the public
] Friday, will have a doorman for help in hailing cabs and a
] concierge to offer information and schedule appointments with
] designers. It promises same-day delivery of most merchandise,
] a boon for public transportation-bound urbanites.
]
] "Manhattan is unique, and it has a tremendous customer base
] opportunity," Robert Nardelli, the company's chairman, chief
] executive and president said at the store's grand opening on
] Thursday. "We're confident that with success here, it will
] give us the opportunity to continue to expand our business."
]
] The store, located on 23rd Street between Fifth and Six
] Avenues in Manhattan, announces itself with orange banners on
] its facade and features a more classic, homey interior, with
] white columns and an atrium.
]
] WTF?!? I think it was Hank Williams Jr. that said "Send me to
] hell or NYC. It would be about the same to me."

Okaaaaaay, and WTF?