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Bowie Travels · SoHo, NYC

285 Lafayette St.

Bowie’s Residence, 2001–2016

SOHO ★NYC

“But I’ll take you to New York It’s the place that I know well.”

— David Bowie// Shake It lyrics from the album Let’s Dance

Penthouse, SoHo

I passed by almost every occasion I came to NY, but these photos are from just a month after his passing. You can still see all the flowers and notes left downstairs. To this day, the artistic image of Aladdin Sane, as shown below, is still there.

285 Lafayette St · SoHo, NYC · Penthouse

285 Lafayette St, SoHo, Bowie's residence
a month after he was gone

Now PlayingLazarus — David Bowie

recorded blocks from here — By the time I got to New York I was living like a king

Blackstar

“— Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre then stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried
“I’m a blackstar, I’m a star’s star, I’m a blackstar..”

— David Bowie// Blackstar 2016

Blackstar album cover
Blackstar logo

Bowie in NYC

David Bowie on a SoHo rooftop, NYC
David Bowie in NYC
David Bowie in NYC