Jimi Hendrix has been honored with his own street named after him in New York City.
The city’s West Eighth Street has been renamed Jimi Hendrix Way, with an unveiling ceremony on Wednesday (June 10), which would have been the late music icon’s 83rd birthday.
“It’s official, this morning New York City officially and permanently co-named West 8th Street as Jimi Hendrix Way,” the musician’s official Instagram account captioned a photo of the new street sign on Wednesday. “The new street sign unveiled today at the corner of 6th Avenue and West 8th Street is just down the street from Jimi’s landmark Electric Lady Studios in the heart of Greenwich Village. Stay tuned!”…