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The Wire Locations. Take your own self-guided tour of some of the most iconic filming locations from The Wire. This is a list of filming locations that were used in HBO's crime series The Wire. The show, which ran between 2002 and 2008, was based in Baltimore, Maryland.
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First, watch The Wire. The whole thing. Otherwise do not read beyond this section, as major spoilersfollow! If you haven't watched it yet, many major news organizations and arts and entertainment journals have called it the greatest TV series of all time, on par with great literature. Entire classes devoted to studying the TV series are becoming co...
The tour begins on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, heading north from I-395 off I-95. To get there from Downtown or the Inner Harbor, take any major road and head west, then turn right (north) onto the boulevard. If you want something to eat before you start, Lexington Market is just east of MLK Jr Blvd on the western edge of Downtown. On the Paca St E...
Bring your car. This is a driving itinerary, as there simply is no other realistic way to tour the various filming locations—Baltimore's system of public transport is lacking, and furthermore there are parts of this trip where it is saferand more comfortable to avoid traveling on foot, particularly in West and East Baltimore, as well as the eastern...
There are lots of great places to eat filmed in The Wire, all of them dripping with local character and a real sense of place. Look for them in the following sections of the tour, and plan to finish on a full stomach!
West
West Baltimore is where it all begins, right on Lexington and Fulton Ave where Snot Boogie, the man of unfortunate name and unfortunate life laid dead in the street. While nearly the whole of the drug gang plot lines theoretically take place in West Baltimore, only the first season was extensively shot here. The directors found East Baltimore's relatively treeless streets much easier to film in, as they could film throughout at least three of the seasons without losing seasonal continuity. To...
North Central
At the north end of Bolton Hill is Mt Royal Ave. Turn right and head back east into Midtown until you reach Maryland Ave. Turn right, then left on Chase St, and then left again onto N Charles St. This section of Charles St has as good a claim as any to being the hippest stretch of Baltimore, largely unknown to anyone but locals. Immediately on the left is the Brewer's Art, quite possibly the best spot for dinner and drinks in the city, and the swanky place where Marlo was seduced by Devonne....
East
Several blocks down at 1268 E North Ave on the left you will pass by a location of the oft-filmed New York Fried Chickenfranchise. NYFC begs a bit of background. It started in New York, run by Afghan immigrants, under the name Kennedy Fried Chicken, looking to impersonate both the initials and the look of the giant Kentucky Fried Chicken chain. KFC objected to this, and has tried, rather unsuccessfully, to stamp out all instances of that name. Owing to the Afghan connection, the franchise fou...
This tour purposefully ends in Central Baltimore. You've completed a tour around much of the city, including some of its more interesting and decidedly less visited neighborhoods. Pat yourself on the back and reward yourself with a drink by the Harbor, at the Brewer's Art, or in historic Fells Point! A couple rounds at a Fells Point faux-Irish pub ...
This part is crucial. The hand-wringing associated with the terribly distasteful and offensive term "ghetto tourism" is a bit overwrought and contrived, but there are pitfalls to be aware of. This tour will take you through examples of some of the more impoverished and alienated urban communities in the United States, and if your purpose is to "gaw...
Yes, you are touring some high crime areas, be smart about it. Behave as you should in anymajor American city. Be aware of your surroundings. Do not leave valuables in a parked car visible to any passerby. Be cautious about valuables on your person (purse, phone, camera). Travel in a group if possible. As noted above, walking on foot around the Eas...
The Wire was filmed in Baltimore, Carlton C Douglas Funeral Services, Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, Green Mount Cemetery, McCulloh Homes, Motel 6, Pearson's Florist, Pennsylvania Station, St. James Episcopal Church, The Brewer's Art, The Pit, Viva House and W Lexington St & N Fulton Ave.
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, and
This series starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick and Sonja Sohn was filmed at more than 3 locations. Among them McCulloh Homes in Baltimore, United States. All filming locations of The Wire from 2002 are listed below.
The Wire: Created by David Simon. With Dominic West, John Doman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce. The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Mar 9, 2018 · In real life, the filming location wasn’t in West Baltimore, but East Baltimore. In 2014, much of it has been razed, and is grassy field surrounded by a fence. The now-razed area that served...
