![]() ![]() And now it looks like one of Berkeley’s most famous underground landmarks is about to be history. In recent months, however, complaints about the Golden Gypsy became too much for Berkeley police to ignore. Berkeley Councilman Kriss Worthington, who represents the South Campus area, says that a few years ago he relayed a few gripes about the Gypsy’s outward appearance within three days the Gypsy’s management hired workers to trim the bushes and pick up the trash out front. And its owners have also tried to be good neighbors when complaints have come their way. The Gypsy’s endurance can be credited, in part, to its below-the-radar modus operandi. It has done so in spite of the forced closure of at least nine similar establishments across the city, undercover police investigations, and, yes, a couple of busts for pimping and prostitution. When a former city official who lived nearby was asked if she knew anything about the Golden Gypsy, she replied, “Oh, the whorehouse?”įor a quarter of a century - since the pre-AIDS days of the mid-’70s - the Gypsy has managed to keep its doors open from 9 a.m. Still, most locals will probably have heard of the Golden Gypsy. In fact, there are no signs at all on the two-story beige building with its shades always drawn and its north-facing windows completely boarded over. There are no red neon signs at 2628 Telegraph advertising the Golden Gypsy’s services to Telegraph commuters or Willard schoolgoers. And across the street from the supermarket and the junior high is what police consider Berkeley’s most notorious brothel, the Golden Gypsy Massage Parlor. ![]() To the south of Andronico’s is Willard Junior High. On the northwest corner is Andronico’s supermarket. The intersection at Telegraph Avenue and Derby Street is home to many familiar Berkeley institutions. ![]()
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