in focus
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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
in focus
th
ABOVE: Mildred Monroe Middle School
on Guildford Ave (ten blocks north of
the Sun building) was the exterior for
ABOVE: 1704 N Colllingtn Ave and
Edward J. Tilghman Middle School in
BELOW: N Bond St which served as
Series 4. BELOW: The Ritz nightclub at
Hamsterdam for Bunny Colvin’s drugs
Fells Point and Broadway was the exte-
experiment in Series 3
rior for Orlando’s in Series 1 (The
ABOVE: 1700 Barclay St, actually in phone where Omar went at Avon must
East Baltimore, which served as the have been a prop)
corner Bodie Broadus (second right)
policed for Marlo in Series 4