The Apple Store at Seattle’s University Village was closed for renovations when Steve Jobs passed. A short time ago, employees gathered for its reopening.

“Stay hungry! Stay foolish!” one employee cheered after the store’s Apple icon, extinguished in honor of Jobs, was re-lit at 9:30 a.m.

Flowers, cards and apples left by Jobs fans since his death remain tucked outside the store. A temporary wall that admirers covered with messages for Jobs was discarded, an employee said, but high-resolution photos taken before its dismantling were sent to Apple public relations staff, he said.

Here’s a look at how that memorial had evolved by mid-afternoon yesterday.

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