Erection date: 19/6/2013
SW9, Tunstall Road
This mural is reasonably close to Bowie's birthplace, Stansfield Road. In Summer 2015 this whole wall, including the mural, was covered with advertising as part of a promotion by Propercorn. A Twitter storm ensured that the mural was quickly uncovered and restored.
This shrine prompted The Great Wen to repost their excellent piece on London shrines.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
David Bowie mural
Musician and actor. Born David Robert Jones 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton. The ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
David Bowie mural
Fury lived in Cavendish Road NW6 and recorded songs in the nearby Decca Studios in Broadhurst Gardens NW6. Following a poll the path was...
From Islington Tribune, October 2008: "The mural has been there for years and Lisa wanted it to be brightened up. She arranged for it to ...
This triangle of land is all that remains of Stockwell Common. From London Gardens online: "Now rather isolated amid heavy traffic, Stock...
6 artists/craftspeople and 5 organisations are named as creating this Gallery of 17 murals. Rather than repeat this information on all 17...
The memorial comprises a mural and three panels of text. The wall on which it is located is part of the towpath of the former Croydon Canal.
