NBC Miami is reporting that plans to expand the too-small Apple store in Miami Beach are being blocked, thanks to preservationists who argue that the demolition needed to build a new glass-enclosed cube design store would hurt its historic roots.

Apple submitted its demolition proposal in June because it is simply running out of space at its current store. However, members of the Miami Beach preservation board says that the demolition needed to build the iconic Apple cube would demolish what people come to the city to see, its historic Art Deco designs.

When the board returned the application, it asked Apple to use parts of the old building instead of demolishing it, which caused the company to withdraw its build-out application in September.

Here’s what the current Miami Beach Apple store looks like:

Luckily, Apple won’t leave the city and plans to work with Miami Beach on a better way to grow the store and its business. Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower said:

It was unfortunate what happened. I made the overture because they are good people to have in Miami Beach. They bring people here. I said I would help in any way to make them happy, and they assured me they’re going to stay.

As we know, Apple loves to incorporate its eye for design in buildings, with its “Spaceship” headquarters coming to Cupertino sometime in the future.

That is cool, and it looks like the app knows exactly what store you’ve walked into, what workshops are coming up, lets you ask for help, tells you how many people are in line ahead of you, and gives you the opportunity to set up a Genius appointment for your Apple devices.

Of course you will need the Apple Store application running for this to work, but with a simple check of your location when you run it, the app can deliver unique results no matter which Apple Store you are in throughout the world.

Whilst Apple hasn’t built-out its portfolio of location-based services just yet, the company took big strides with the release of iOS 5, incorporating more specific location services in its applications. The new Reminders app, for example, can be set to remind you of a task you need to perform by tagging the location and asking whether you should be notified if you are entering or leaving that position.

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According to Reuters, Apple plans to close all of its U.S. retail stores on Wednesday during the Steve Jobs memorial service.

The public memorial service will be held from 10 a.m. PT to 11:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, which follows a private service for Steve Jobs. All Apple employees will use their off time to watch the event live, streamed in each store. This is after a hot week for Apple sales, which include the iPhone 4S, and a renewed interest in the iPad 2 after the release of iOS 5. The memorial service will be held at Stanford, where the famous Steve Jobs commencement speech took place in June 2005.

At that time, Steve Jobs told students:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown our your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

The tragic loss of Steve Jobs didn’t slow down sales of the iPhone 4S, which is exciting consumers with Siri integration, an upgraded camera, as well as numerous speed enhancements.

On Friday fans were lining up to leave messages and flowers for Jobs outside SF’s Apple store. We caught the heart felt tributes on camera.