designs founded new york city new york u.s. 1987 1987 founder richard demenus david lerner headquarters 40 44 36 n 73 59 36 w 40.74333 n 73.99333 w 40.74333 ; 73.99333 coordinates 40 44 36 n 73 59 36 w 40.74333 n 73.99333 w 40.74333 ; 73.99333 new york city united states area served new york metropolitan area services apple sales and service number of employees 200 2014 website official website tekserve was an american consumer electronics and information technology consulting business based in the flatiron district of manhattan new york city . founded in 1987 as a side business by macintosh using engineers designing computer controlled institutional electronics tekserve has grown from a small back office macintosh repair shop 1 to become the largest single location apple specialist and premium service provider in the united states . 2 the store announced it would be closing on august 15 2016 . 3 contents 1 history 2 retail store 3 in popular culture 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit view of the front of tekserve s store tekserve founders david lerner and dick demenus met at the new york city public fm radio station wbai in 1970 and with engineer mike edl set up shop together late in the decade under the name current designs corporation . 1 their business was electronic engineering and industrial design . they manufactured the indestructible music listening stations to be found at the lincoln center branch of the new york public library 4 and early models of the audio listening tours now found in many art museums . we bought the very first mac that came out in 1984 for 3 000 and we fell in love with it . demenus says we ve been loyal ever since . 5 as macintosh users and electrical engineers the current designs partners found themselves uniquely qualified to fix their own macs when they started to malfunction . tekserve was formed as a sister company under the same roof 6 dedicated to servicing macintosh computers and became apple authorized for repair in 1993 . 7 tekserve has occupied four locations on the same side of the same block in chelsea a 3 000 foot 910 m loft at 115 west 23rd street ; 1 another loft at 163 west 23rd street the traffic building ; a larger space on the fourth floor of 155 west 23rd street and later expansions to the third floor . in june 2002 the company moved to its present 25 000 square foot 2 300 m2 storefront location at 119 west 23rd street occupying the entire first floor of the printing arts building which extends through to 24th street . 8 9 the first three locations were notable for their eccentric decor including an antique five cent coke machine and a porch swing . the coke machine remains at the 119 west 23rd street location but the porch swing was retired due to the newest space s substantially higher ceilings . on wednesday june 29th 2016 the ny times reported the retail store and service center will close after 29 years of business while the corporate sales and professional services as well as ... an operation focused on small and medium size businesses will continue to operate . 3 tekserve management cited apple s continued market success together with the consequent seeming ubiquity of retail outlets to support its products as reasons for the decision to close the store and its repair service . retail store edit tekserve s flagship store on 23rd street stocks a wide variety of mac configurations hardware and accessories . they also offer rentals workshops and service support . as new york city s only apple premium service provider tekserve repairs and upgrades over 30 000 apple products per year . in addition tekserve offers an extensive data recovery service for mac windows and linux users . in popular culture edit several television series including law & order 10 and sex and the city have utilized tekserve s facilities as a shooting location . in sex and the city episode 408 my motherboard . myself aasif mandvi was featured as a tekserve employee attempting to recover data from carrie bradshaw s portable computer at the smaller 155 west 23rd street location . 11 12 references edit a b c kadetsky elizabeth september 1992 . low tech computer lab current designs and tekserve in new york city . home office computing . findarticles.com . retrieved august 1 2009 . computers and electronics . mayor s office of film theater and broadcasting . city of new york . retrieved august 2 2009 . a b rojas rick june 29 2016 . tekserve precursor to the apple store to close after 29 years the new york times the new york times company . n.y. region . retrieved june 29 2016 nelson nancy melin september 1 1989 . current designs macintosh controlled audio stations . computers in libraries . high beam research . retrieved august 1 2009 . richard demenus quoted in mantilla olga september 7 2005 . tekserve are the mac daddies for all things apple . the villager . new york city community media llc . 75 16 . retrieved august 1 2009 . contrucci lance november 18 1991 . comfy computers . new york magazine . new york city new york media llc . 24 45 30 . issn 0028 7369 . retrieved august 1 2009 . dana rebecca march 13 2005 . revenge of the apple nerds . the new york observer . the new york observer llc . retrieved august 1 2009 . cohen peter june 3 2002 . tekserve moves to new nyc location tomorrow . macworld.com . mac publishing . retrieved december 17 2009 . bernstein fred june 20 2002 . a shop where fun meets function . the new york times . the new york times company . pp . g6 . retrieved august 1 2009 . 50 000 worth of apple ipods topple like dominoes in tekserve ad . macdailynews . macdailynews.com . april 26 2006 . retrieved august 1 2009 . scheier rachel june 18 2001 . repair shop is place to be for ailing pcs . new york daily news . new york city newyorkdailynews.com . retrieved august 1 2009 . sex and the city my motherboard myself 2001 . internet movie database . retrieved august 4 2009 . further reading edit freedman aaron march 17 2006 . apple stores old and new . macuser.com . mac publishing llc . retrieved august 1 2009 . li kenneth august 3 1997 . they don t stew they fix . new york daily news . retrieved november 22 2009 . mulcahey conrad march 21 2006 . the errors are fatal but maybe there s hope . the new york times . retrieved november 21 2009 . external links edit official website v t e apple specialists haddock corporation nabih s inc. small dog electronics tekserve retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tekserve & oldid 741230414 categories apple specialistscompanies established in 1987companies based in new york cityconsumer electronics retailers in the united statesprivately held companies based in new yorkhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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