David Bowie Gets Commemorative Plaque at Former Home in Berlin, Watch Video!

Today Berlin commemorated music legend David Bowie with a plaque at Hauptstrasse 155, in the district of Schöneberg, where Bowie shared a flat with fellow musician Iggy Pop in the late 1970s.

The porcelain plaque—which was unveiled in a ceremony with speeches by the mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, among others—included a reference to the so called ‘Berlin Trilogy’ and the sentence “We can be heroes, just for one day.”

Taken from one of Bowie’s biggest hits, “Heroes” was inspired by a couple—music producer Tony Visconti and a lover—that Bowie spotted embracing by the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany, while writing lyrics in Berlin’s Hansa Studios.

Aware of the fact that the object could become a coveted collectible, the manufacturers, KPM (The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin), have confirmed that the plaque can be replaced within 24 hours should it meet the same fate as Liverpool’s famous “Penny Lane” street sign, which is occasionally nabbed by Beatles fans.

David Bowie died on January 10 at the age of 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer. For weeks following his death, Bowie fans flocked to his former Berlin address to lay flowers and candles.