David Bowie Tribute Grows Outside His NYC Home

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Update, 3 p.m.: By Monday afternoon, dozens if not hundreds of bouquets of flowers had been piled onto Bowie’s old stoop, spilling out onto the sidewalk in front of 285 Lafayette St. (See below.)

SOHO, MANHATTAN — As New York City came to life Monday morning and David Bowie’s wide-reaching fandom began to learn of his death by cancer at age 69, the streets of Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, which Bowie called home, were transformed into a living, breathing tribute to the British-born singer.

Despite the 32-degree chill, some buildings opened their windows and blasted Bowie into the morning, passersby reported on Twitter. (The same was reported in Soho, London.)

Meanwhile, flowers and candles piled up at the foot of Bowie’s longtime apartment building at 285 Lafayette Street between Prince and Houston. Bowie bought two penthouses at the building with his wife Iman back in 1999, and the two have lived there ever since.

“Thank you David,” read one note in the pile. ”STARMAN FOREVER,” read another.

Bowie just released his final album — called ★ and pronounced “Blackstar” — on Friday, Jan. 8, his 69th birthday. A video for his first single on the record, “Lazarus,” premiered Nov. 19 at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg.

In the video, Bowie, his face gaunt and bandaged, levitates from his hospital bed. ”Look up here; I’m in heaven,” he sings.