It seems there’s a new development every day in the saga of London’s Abbey Road Studios. Today, the building is off the block – if it was ever on – saved by designation as a part of history. The Los Angeles Times has the story with a splendid recent photograph of the building and the crosswalk the Beatles made famous.
Why does Rifftides care? Scroll down to “Studios And Sound,” February 21.
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Mention of Abbey Road prompts the observation that the Abbey Road street sign is a worldwide industry. The local authority has, long since, learned that the ‘real’ signs never survive long despite strong measures to secure them – such ‘original’s fetch astronomic prices on EBay.
Google ‘Abbey Road Street Sign’ to see a range of cheaper examples on offer.