US EditionHome where young Bowie dreamt of 'fame' to open to public
The restored house will recreate Bowie’s 1963 teenage bedroom and other period details, with curators saying fans can step into his early creative world.
- A leading London heritage body has acquired David Bowie's childhood home in Sundridge Park, planning to open an immersive experience by the end of 2027.
- David Jones, later known as David Bowie, lived in the 19th-century railway workers' cottage from 1955 to 1968, where he spent formative years developing his creative identity.
- Under the curatorship of Geoff Marsh, the 9-foot by 10-foot back bedroom will be restored to 1963 condition, featuring a saxophone and a Little Richard photograph Bowie purchased at age 10.
- Heritage of London Trust director Nicola Stacey expects fans to find "nothing more powerful" than visiting the home, mirroring preservation efforts for John Lennon and Paul McCartney's childhood homes in Liverpool.
- Describing the bedroom as a place to escape, Bowie once noted he was "always, to some extent, running away from here," a sentiment defining his lifelong commitment to reinvention.
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Fans of the legendary David Bowie will be able to relive the famous musician's rise from ordinary schoolboy to global pop phenomenon. As reported by the French news agency AFP, the house where Bowie lived from the age of eight to 20 will be opened to the public in 2027.
Bromley, UK. Plaistow Grove's modest number 4 townhouse, in Bromley, south-east of London, looks banal, but David Bowie spent his adolescence there and the building will soon recover its 1960s look to receive visitors from the singer's fans.The legendary British musician, who was born in 1947 in London's Brixton neighborhood and died in 2016 in New York at the age of 69, lived in Bromley with his family between 1955 and 1968, shortly before the …
David Bowie home to open to the public
With its grey front door and battered picket fence, No. 4, Plaistow Grove in the anonymous London suburb of Bromley is unremarkable in every way except for one.The modest terraced house − originally built as a railway workers’ cottage in the late 19th century − is the childhood home of pop phenomenon David Bowie.An inscription...
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