metro area: baltimore / towson, MD
marlo’s park
from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
The concrete park where Marlo frequently met with his crew in the last two seasons of The Wire is in East Baltimore (even though it's supposed to be West) at the end of Faith Ln near the corner of Chase St. and Bond St.
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from the wire, house of cards posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
The Baltimore restaurant Werner's is Tommy Carcetti's favorite location for power lunches in The Wire, and it's also a popular spot for political wheeling and dealing in House of Cards. The restaurant, which dates back to the 1950s, closed briefly in 2011 but reopened in 2012 under new ownership.
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from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Proposition Joe ran his low-key electronics repair front business out of this address on South Highland in The Wire.
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from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Bunny Colvin's season three quasi-legal drug zone experiment (or Hamsterdam as it was known to the hoppers and yos of West Baltimore) was located south of E North Ave between Broadway and Bond St. The vacant row houses have since been torn down.
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from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Franklin Terrace, The Wire's premier drug spot (before it was demolished at the beginning of season three), was based on former Baltimore housing projects like Lexington Terrace and Murphy Homes.
The high rises in the show are located near the the pit. The police crew did their surveillance from the rooftop of the United Methodist church across the street.
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