Abbey Road crosswalk announced a historical feature

The British government has announced the Abbey Road crosswalk used within the famous photo of The Beatles a national and historic landmark. The photo is one of probably the most iconic images of the band. It was utilized as the cover of “Abbey Road,” the last album by the band. Britain has never announced a crosswalk to be important before.

Making Abbey Road crosswalk a landmark

CNN reports that the crosswalk on the cover of “Abbey Road” by the Beatles to be a landmark according to the British government. In the United Kingdom, it is referred to as “zebra crossings.” It will be the first crosswalk ever considered historical. It is humorous to consider the image of all the Beatles crossing the street, especially considering the album it is on. Despite the fact that “Let It Be” was released after the “Abbey Road” album, the album was the last the Beatles released.

Street crossing insignificant before

The image made the street corner with the crosswalk become pretty famous. Before that, the crosswalk was within the London borough of Westminster on the actual Abbey Road. Right outside of Abbey Road Studios, the zebras crossing can be found. About 90 percent of Beatles recordings happened in that studio. Since that was a significant place for the group, it recorded its last recording there. BBC reports the studio was also named a landmark. Pink Floyd recorded “Dark Side of the Moon” in that studio while all of the “Star Wars” film scores were recorded there as well. EMI still owns the studio.

Having an excellent year for many

This year was the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death meaning there were numerous tributes to him while the Beatles music was finally all put on iTunes. It was “icing on the cake” to have the crossing named a historic site. Sir Paul McCartney said it was not only great for the Beatles, but great for him as well.

Information from

CNN

edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/22/england.abbey.road/?hpt=T2

BBC

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12059385

Abbey Road Studios

abbeyroad.com/