May 27, 2024
Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman Videoclip
For those who are interested:
The iconic music video for Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters was directed by Mark Pellington. Although I knew the video was filmed somewhere in the Lower East Side, I could not figure out the exact location, up until last week!
The videoclip was filmed at E 5th Street (210) between 2nd Ave and Cooper Square adjacent of Bowery Street (New York City’s oldest thoroughfare). Located at 210 E 5th Street is Beethoven Hall and it dates from around 1860. Around the 1940’s, the Beethoven Hall became a film studio, Mother’s Sound Stages. After a major fire in 1992 – one year after shooting the video for ‘Gypsy Woman’ – it was transformed to the New York Kunsthalle. But in true New York fashion, the building was converted into residential condominium units. Somewhere around 2012, photographer Gregory Colbert put up his condo on the market for $25 million (la da dee la da da).
Many thanks for reading.
DG