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thegenbehinde wire The city of baltimore became a character in itself in acclaimed drama The Wire, now thanks to google earth and paddy Hoey you can see the real locations

ABOVE: The project towers at 1140 Druid Hill Avenue were the exterior for the Towers where D’Angelo Barksdale shot a security guard and started the whole shebang. BELOW: The Towers in the background of the low rises, which are also on Druid Hill Avenue

ABOVE: 1700 Barclay St, actually in East Baltimore, which served as the corner Bodie Broadus (second right) policed for Marlo in Series 4

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ABOVE: 1704 N Colllingtn Ave and BELOW: N Bond St which served as Hamsterdam for Bunny Colvin’s drugs experiment in Series 3

ABOVE: Mildred Monroe Middle School on Guildford Ave (ten blocks north of the Sun building) was the exterior for Edward J. Tilghman Middle School in Series 4. BELOW: The Ritz nightclub at Fells Point and Broadway was the exterior for Orlando’s in Series 1 (The phone where Omar went at Avon must have been a prop)