Seattle City Council Wants Park Named For Jimi Hendrix

By Associated Press

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The council decided Monday that a park scheduled to open next year should be renamed in memory of rock 'n roll legend.

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Story Published: May 22, 2006 at 5:11 PM PST

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2006 at 7:26 AM PST

SEATTLE - The Seattle City Council decided Monday that a park adjacent to the Northwest African American Museum, which is scheduled to open next year, should be renamed in memory of rock 'n roll legend Jimi Hendrix.

Council member Jean Godden said the tribute to one of Seattle most famous native sons is long overdue.

The final decision on the name of the park, which called the Colman School Lot, is in the hands of parks superintendent Ken Bounds, but the resolution encourages him to name the park in Hendrix's honor.

The resolution also called for city assistant to relocate a bronze statue of Hendrix now on Broadway in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood to the Central Area park. The statue is owned by Hendrix fan and founder of AEI Music Network, Michael Malone. Malone has offered the statue to the city.

Hendrix grew up in Seattle's Central District, where he taught himself to play the guitar. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.