Imagine if This Wasn't Here

Peter: 22nd Oct 2005 - 01:53 GMT

i used to walk past that every morning to go from my house (108th/broadway) to work (72nd/york ave). people tiptoe around it like a shrine. theres always some dude playing "imagine" on a guitar- even on cold days, lots of wilting roses, and sometimes some very pensive faces.

its in a small teardrop-shaped garden slope across central park west from the dakota, where lennon was shot. yoko donated some money to create a memorial there, and italy donated the mosaic.

whenever i wasnt broke, id take the train/bus to work. id get off the b/c train at 72nd, and catch the m72 crosstown bus right across the street from the dakota. some fancy cars pulled out of that place during rush-hour. some bus riders thought they saw yoko occasionally. i think i saw connie chung once.

groovehouse: 7th Feb 2006 - 16:03 GMT

I went to NYC late last year. I so wanted a picture of the mosaic without all the flower offerings. I wanted to remove all the flowers, take my pictures, then put the flowers back, but I didn't want to piss off any of the aging hippies sitting around there. So I took my photos, with flowers, then continued my walk of Central Park. C'est la vie!

Jethro: 4th Nov 2009 - 22:58 GMT

Did you really place those plants there? This is great.

Robert: 4th Nov 2009 - 23:29 GMT

This is one of my paintings dedicated to John Lennon.
Lennon in the Sky... Acrylic on canvas,1998