A must be saved (aka) "bookmarked" The Beatles song w/ video...

[George II]

12. A very sad day in music history and American history. At the time I was living on CPW....

....just 10 blocks north of the Dakota.

I remember that night and the week vividly - was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell broke the news. The rest of the week traffic was unbelievable with all the street shutdowns and the people driving into the area to visit the "site".

On Saturday or Sunday (forget which) there was a memorial vigil at the band shell in Central Park near the Dakota. Thousands showed up. There was only a chair set up on the band shell with a portrait of John Lennon and a boom box looping "Imagine" over and over again. Other than that all we heard was a dog or two barking and helicopters overhead. It was eerie. To this day "Imagine" rings in my ears.