NYC Pays Homage to Steve Jobs Outside of Apple Stores

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The news of the death of Steve Jobs has left the city saddened, and last night mourners gathered outside of NYC Apple stores to pay their respects, and to salute the man who did a gagillion amazing things for technology. Last night outside of the Fifth Avenue flagship, people stopped by to leave flowers and other little tokens—like apples—but according to one tweet, Apple security wasn't allowing it at first. Soon, though, they came to their senses.

CNBC's Darren Rovell headed over to the store early this morning, and found a half-bitten Apple meant to mimic the company's logo placed by several candles, as well as an iPod shuffle hanging from a flower. Take a look through our gallery below for some of the tributes from the Fifth Avenue store, as well as a few from Soho and Meatpacking.

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• Outside of the 14th store. Photo by: @ScottHeidler
• Outside of the Fifth Avenue store. Photo by @ABCWorldNews
• The crowd outside of the Fifth Avenue store. Photo by: @cultofmac
• The crowd outside the Fifth Avenue flagship. Photo by: @dougself
• Outside the Fifth Avenue store. Photo by: @ABCWorldNews
• Outside of the Soho Apple store. Photo by: @dbrekke
• Outside of the Fifth Avenue store. Photo by: @darrenrovell
• Outside of the Fifth Avenue store. Photo by: Dan Nguyen/Flickr

· Fans Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs at Apple Stores Worldwide [PCMag.com]