Remember Abbey Road, the Beatles penultimate, 1969 album? Well, the iconic crosswalk, or “zebra crossing,” featured on the artwork of the record has just been repainted.
That’s right, in the midst of a nationwide lockdown called upon by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the COVID-19 pandemic, the London-based landmark — located right outside of Abbey Road Studios — was given a fresh coat of paint by municipal workers on Tuesday.
Why does this matter, some might ask? Well, it’s not immediately clear if, or when, the Abbey Road zebra crossing has ever been repainted, and now that people are being enforced to stay inside as a result of the novel coronavirus, it seems that the lockdown has given local workers an opportunity to spruce up