Beatles Apple Boutique Turned into Boutique Apple Apartments
94 Baker Street in London's Marylebone has been known as the site of the Apple Boutique, an early business venture of The Beatles. Nowadays it has been converted into five luxury apartments.
The Apple Boutique's grand opening took place on 5 December 1967 at 7:46 p.m. Although Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr failed to attent the event, George Harrison and John Lennon were present. Other famous guests were Eric Clapton, Cilla Black and Jack Bruce. What was special about The Apple Boutique was the fact that it served only non-alcoholic drinks, apple juice being the only bevarage allowed in the place.
Unfortunately, the boutique turned out to be a financial disaster. After loosing money at an alarming rate, it closed down eight months later. The shop ended up being stripped bare by the fans, who wanted a souvenir to remaind them of The Beatles.
Nowadays The Malins Group paid £6,000,000 ($10,106,883 AUD) for the listed building on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street, W1, and turned the place into some nice luxury apartments.
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