3 Saville Row, London - see you at the rooftop

[gvopedz]

Every single day, fans are taking pictures of the outside of 3 Savile Row – but next year they can go in and explore all seven floors of the iconic building, including the rooftop where even the railings remain the same from that famous day in 1969.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/11/beatles-apple-corps-former-london-base-seven-storey-visitor-attraction

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Interesting that they do this when the Abbey Road studio won't even consider opening a gift shop there. In fact, when I went about 25 years ago, they wouldn't even let you into the building. You walked up to the door and there was sign saying something like "This is a working studio. No visitors allowed". It should have said, "We know you want to spend some money, but we don't want it." 

[gvopedz]

4 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Interesting that they do this when the Abbey Road studio won't even consider opening a gift shop there. In fact, when I went about 25 years ago, they wouldn't even let you into the building. You walked up to the door and there was sign saying something like "This is a working studio. No visitors allowed". It should have said, "We know you want to spend some money, but we don't want it." 

There is an Abbey Road Crossing Cam:

https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbeyroad/?cam=abbeyroad_uk

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

3 hours ago, gvopedz said:

There is an Abbey Road Crossing Cam:

https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbeyroad/?cam=abbeyroad_uk

 

That was live when I went. Me & my wife got a picture with us crossing... unfortunately, I cannot find that picture anywhere. It was at a time when the world was between film developing and digital photography and I wonder if it got lost in that shuffle.

FWIW, be careful if you try to get that picture. Cars fly up that road.

[bertrand]

What was the address of the building in NYC where the Jefferson Airplane did their rooftop performance?

[jazzbo]

“BENNY GOODMAN - YALE ARCHIVES VOL 9 - Live at Basin Street 1954”

 

[gvopedz]

Also at a rooftop:

 

[T.D.]

3 hours ago, bertrand said:

What was the address of the building in NYC where the Jefferson Airplane did their rooftop performance?

57 W. 45th St. Long since demolished.

Hotel Schuyler, Location Of Rooftop Concert By Jefferson Airplane

 

[BFrank]

12 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Interesting that they do this when the Abbey Road studio won't even consider opening a gift shop there. In fact, when I went about 25 years ago, they wouldn't even let you into the building. You walked up to the door and there was sign saying something like "This is a working studio. No visitors allowed". It should have said, "We know you want to spend some money, but we don't want it." 

I was there about 4 years ago, and they absolutely had a gift shop. They have a special entrance on the side of the building for the store.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

5 hours ago, BFrank said:

I was there about 4 years ago, and they absolutely had a gift shop. They have a special entrance on the side of the building for the store.

 

'Bout time! I couldn't believe their attitude when I was there. The person "guarding" the door back then was pretty adamant that they were only a recording studio. The attitude gave the impression that they wished that Abbey Road wasn't even recorded there... as if they would have still been in business if they hadn't done it.  

[medjuck]

I visited  the Abbey Road studios when a friend was recording a soundtrack there.  He was in a modern studio but took me to see the studio  the Beatles used.   (Studio 2?)  They had kept it the same as it had been in 1969 so they had some sense of history.  I don't think there was a gift shop at the time.