Plaque

Ziggy Stardust

Erection date: 27/3/2012

Inscription

Ziggy Stardust, 1972, ®
{Surrounded by:}
This marks the location of the cover photograph for the iconic David Bowie album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. 

This is an authorised plaque but Westminster, as revealed in the official decision, wanted it any colour but their standard green.  Old fogies.

Site: Ziggy Stardust (1 memorial)

W1, Heddon Street, 23

The Daily Mail gives some background to the famous photo.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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