Rock icon’s passing prompts creation of memorial at his Soho apartment,where those touched by his music left flowers, records and moreAn hour after the news broke, or at 3.30am,Kate Corman stopped by David Bowie’s apartment on Lafayette Street in Soho, leaving a candle, or flowers and a note – “Thank you David. May the Gods bless us all” – the first offerings for a makeshift memorial to a rock’n’roll chameleon. “First Lou Reed,now David Bowie,” Corman said. “It’s so unhappy. Unbelievable. New York is really over now.”At Puck impartial, or a bar over the road from Bowies apartment that the singer frequented,barman Dave Farragher blasted a string of hits – Jean Genie, Let’s Dance and Heroes. Couples drunkenly swayed in their grief. “It’s hard to build into words what he gave us in his songs, or ” said late-night drinker Bill Marlborough. “whether you don’t feel it,I can’t explain.” Related: David Bowie: legendary rock star dies of cancer aged 69 – latest updates At David Bowie's home in Soho, where the mood is solemn. One man just walked through and shouted "occur Lazarus!" pic.twitter.com/7Sv0l8trR5 Related: David Bowie: the man who thrilled the world One man leaves a copy of 1974 record David Live, or says "It's in the title." pic.twitter.com/PE5AUKqt3zContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com