Baltimore: The Wire locations, part one

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  • As The A.V. Club discovered, there's an upside to having much of your perception of Baltimore come from The Wire: The city is a lot nicer than you'd expect. Yes, we understood on a realistic level that Baltimore wasn't just blocks upon blocks of Hamsterdam, but we were a little surprised by how charming Fells Point was when we arrived to meet Wire location scout Eric Bannat. Of course, right in the middle of Fells Point is the run-down building that was the headquarters for Homicide: Life On The Street. (Apparently it's being turned into a hotel.) It has a giant plaque out front to commemorate the show.
    For the first of our two-part Pop Pilgrims on The Wire-you didn't think we could cram it all into one episode, did you?-Bannat took us to a bunch of spots that fans of the show should instantly recognize. From the basketball courts to the dog-fighting warehouse, from Marlo's corner to the cops' favorite hangout, everything is right there for any pop pilgrim to check out. (Many of the big interiors, of course, were sets, but you'll still feel like Bodie's sidekick walking around this neighborhood.)
    On Wednesday, another whole bunch of locations you can visit in Bodymore, including the spot where-spoiler alert!-Omar got dropped.

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  • @Blue_ocean66
    @Blue_ocean66 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The wire is Baltimore. It's actually a documentary portrayed as just entertainment.

  • @Janon48
    @Janon48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I always thought Marlo’s HQ looked like a sick skate spot!

    • @teta410
      @teta410 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is! One of the best skate spots in Baltimore

    • @NateBullock-ow6on
      @NateBullock-ow6on 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@teta410What street is it on what intersection is it near?

    • @teta410
      @teta410 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NateBullock-ow6on chase and bond

  • @joejoesrevenge2
    @joejoesrevenge2 13 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Yes to The Wire, best TV show ever.

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Breaking bad is the best sopranos is number 2 the wire is good but slightly overrated its top 10

    • @rell479
      @rell479 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The wire is in my top 5

  • @kajcsapapa
    @kajcsapapa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Imagine all the work that was put into the making of this show.

    • @justins7796
      @justins7796 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      and fixing the Fiat

  • @DJTreatmnt
    @DJTreatmnt 12 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Best show ever!

    • @allaboutthemurzic
      @allaboutthemurzic ปีที่แล้ว

      Breaking bad is the best sopranos is number 2 the wire is good but slightly overrated its top 10

    • @Purebred_Pitbull
      @Purebred_Pitbull 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@allaboutthemurzicbreaking bad is overrated. The sopranos are extremely fake. Both great entertainment.
      The Wire is goated

  • @franklin9613
    @franklin9613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    :43 is an abandon building on my old jobs property on Clintion Street. East side. I used to have to cut the grass at that building.

  • @OntarioAndrews415
    @OntarioAndrews415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hush puppy money. LOL

  • @goonitary
    @goonitary 12 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    They should make a Wire type show in Chicago. Sure, it wouldn't be the same, but anyone from chicago knows the similarities between Baltimore and Chicago after watching The Wire. From politicians, police and budget cuts, the drug game ran like a Mob.. It'd be awesome I bet.

    • @davidarmitage289
      @davidarmitage289 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rose Hubbard great idea!!! Any progress??

    • @pawekosinski9539
      @pawekosinski9539 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why would one want basically the same show with only the city's name being spelled differently?

    • @acesul8811
      @acesul8811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They should call it "The Democrats" because that's their speciality

    • @vka337
      @vka337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had a show on Chicago called Boss starring Kelsey Grammar. Then the dumb fucks cancelled it after 18 eps.

    • @southsidejay3242
      @southsidejay3242 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rose Hubbard the wire only works in blue colar cities like Detroit Phila Cleveland and St. Louis

  • @LoxBeats
    @LoxBeats 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So thats why they were dogs barking on pretty much every scene on the street. Especially the ones with gun fights

  • @PRAYIMAKET
    @PRAYIMAKET ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What about the high rise and low rise apartments

  • @mariaalexander4303
    @mariaalexander4303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Corner was first before the wire!!

    • @BmoreAce24
      @BmoreAce24 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well duh

    • @mariaalexander4303
      @mariaalexander4303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BmoreAce24 stf up smart ass!!

    • @Trixxx4dayz
      @Trixxx4dayz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They only had like 1 season lol barely 8 episodes

    • @hornylorney8150
      @hornylorney8150 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's always someone mentioning the corner on wire videos. This time it's you.

    • @mariaalexander4303
      @mariaalexander4303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hornylorney8150 👍

  • @antrcapo
    @antrcapo 12 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I think The Wire and The Sopranos are the 2 best tv series ever made. I actually think Wire may be better as there were not any "weak" episodes at all. Sopranos had more than a few episodes that were slow and just not as good as the better episodes. Maybe it was because there were more seasons/more episodes.

    • @glennross85
      @glennross85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      the sopranos was probably slower because were only really being told tony's story, whereas in the wire we are seeing many stories. both good shows.

    • @MizTheDonGargon
      @MizTheDonGargon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@glennross85 that's not true at all. We're being told Meadow & A.J's story, Chris's story, Big Pussy, even Vito and Johnny Sack at one point

    • @glennross85
      @glennross85 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MizTheDonGargon Sure but Tony is without a doubt the main character, where as the wire dosent really have one central character

    • @albrethhldns7888
      @albrethhldns7888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@glennross85 baltimore is the main character of The wire

    • @glennross85
      @glennross85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@albrethhldns7888 Or the "system"

  • @TOFKAS01
    @TOFKAS01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:58 and 1:05 Huh? Can it be that also the ships in the harbour are stll there?

  • @traceyschmitt1756
    @traceyschmitt1756 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I replaced the big windows where avon got killed a d the bullpen scene was at the court house bullpen . We changed that glass for them to and a lot of other ones

    • @HYIPCODES
      @HYIPCODES 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Avon in " The Wire " didn't get killed , he was serving time in jail unless you're talking about the real Avon Barksdale

  • @therealscooty3368
    @therealscooty3368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That’s behind my aunt house that brick wall🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @Hoodppvtv
      @Hoodppvtv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s Dope, did she catch them while filming?

  • @ottorocket610
    @ottorocket610 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy how similar Baltimore and philly are ….

  • @bervins9582
    @bervins9582 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    'The Wire' intro song is wack (Keep devil down in the hole), by the time 'Power' came out they learned about having a solid intro song (They say this is a big rich town, I just come from the po'est part). Power's intro song is slammin'.

  • @TheShahofBaltimore
    @TheShahofBaltimore 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so dope! Can someone comment on this so I can comeback in a year lol 😅😅

  • @NateBullock-ow6on
    @NateBullock-ow6on 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What intersection is the playground of Fulton?

  • @bruisersdilemma354
    @bruisersdilemma354 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hogan's Alley is clearly not where they filmed the location for the bar.

  • @nicktv7906
    @nicktv7906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That is not a skate park 😂😂😂😂 it used to be a playground we played there when I was a kid.. 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @patriciaramirez3139
    @patriciaramirez3139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    They should donate portion of their profits to the City of Baltimore, the area looks horrible, they can film horror movies in every street, the buildings look creepy.😱

    • @michaelbulls5872
      @michaelbulls5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah but having seen The Wire, where does the money really go to then?

    • @patriciaramirez3139
      @patriciaramirez3139 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelbulls5872 To the City Budget?? I do not know, perhaps you need to go to your City Council and ask them where is the money being allocated.

    • @Ralph_Sandwich
      @Ralph_Sandwich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol do you know how corrupt Baltimore city council and officials are? Literally google Baltimore corruption and put on a pot of coffee. This city is the way it is by design make no mistakes about it.

    • @bruisersdilemma354
      @bruisersdilemma354 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@patriciaramirez3139 I know this is two years too late, you you have got to be one of the dumbest people on the internet.

    • @zippymufo9765
      @zippymufo9765 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patriciaramirez3139 What's the point of donating anything to Baltimore? The black Democratic politicians will just steal it, every single one of them gets indicted.

  • @knockout8562
    @knockout8562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watch The Corner before The Wire

    • @missmaomi28
      @missmaomi28 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had to go back and watch, I didn’t know about it

  • @nerobruno
    @nerobruno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They would have made SEASON 6 if.... the government would reconsider the drug laws. Please take 3 seconds and think about that. David Simon ain't playing. The politicians might say they love the Wire but obviously don't get the picture.

  • @babalarassrah
    @babalarassrah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    omar's comin yo

  • @dummyfuzz
    @dummyfuzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live righ infront the hide out💀💀

  • @EhonOpenMicNight
    @EhonOpenMicNight 12 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They should have fixed up the locations after using them!!! My city,,,Bmore!!!!

    • @darrylevans4401
      @darrylevans4401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Erika Lindsey 0

    • @Ralph_Sandwich
      @Ralph_Sandwich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your city would have used the money to line pockets of the city officials while yall continue to be proud to be from there. Smh

  • @Nando6413
    @Nando6413 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol! I agree and I'm from there, lol!

  • @NuncNuncNuncNunc
    @NuncNuncNuncNunc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hush puppy money!

  • @perrywilliams3015
    @perrywilliams3015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bodymore murderland Not Baltimore Maryland not the city that reads but the city that bleeds knot Charm City but Farm City AKA Balter morgue

    • @thegigadykid1
      @thegigadykid1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ain't know farm city

    • @NerakGreen
      @NerakGreen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You spelled “reeds” wrong. Remember that? Lol

    • @astridgalactic9336
      @astridgalactic9336 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, that's Harm City.

    • @donnahughes9575
      @donnahughes9575 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a shame that this place carry these names and is at the bottom of the barrel like Detroit....forgotten cities that will one day rise up again

  • @christiandugdale
    @christiandugdale 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Take out the spoiler. Putting "spoiler alert" next to it makes no difference at all. You still see it.The same paragraph featured in an article a few months ago - related to this - and it really ruined things for me.

  • @moneymill4
    @moneymill4 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omar don't scare

  • @tracygilbert5731
    @tracygilbert5731 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The gym reverted back to sh*t after shooting.

  • @christinacascadilla4473
    @christinacascadilla4473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m not exactly sure why the final moments of this video State that “The Wire” did not get great ratings. It was an HBO show. Does Nielsen do ratings for subscription TV?

    • @BmoreAce24
      @BmoreAce24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It really didn't compare to the sopranos or any of the tops shows at the time even tho its my favorite series. I was shock when I looked it up

    • @christinacascadilla4473
      @christinacascadilla4473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BmoreAce24 well, what is popular and what is good is sometimes two different things.

    • @BmoreAce24
      @BmoreAce24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christinacascadilla4473 hey your preaching to the choir. Like I said this is my favorite tv series

    • @zippymufo9765
      @zippymufo9765 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christinacascadilla4473 They do indeed do ratings for subscription TV. THE WIRE was basically only done because the HBO boss at the time liked it, but it was cancelled twice----after Season 3, and after Season 4----and Simon had to beg them to change their minds.

  • @KennethDAstonJr
    @KennethDAstonJr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They was running game on y'all with that dog bullshit smh, should've just edited out the barking

  • @Deqdghost
    @Deqdghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hushpuppi money lmao

  • @yogotti6502
    @yogotti6502 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Baltimore DDH Where The Fuck I Resign

  • @abjuron
    @abjuron 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Hush puppy" money! LAWL
    They should've used those assholes' dogs for the dog fighting scenes.

  • @damvp4
    @damvp4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sad that bmore still look that bad

  • @grindcoremaniac
    @grindcoremaniac 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @fresh7281 Filth City is Baltimore's nickname. i love Baltimore.

    • @savageshawn10
      @savageshawn10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s really the Charm tho

  • @e8tballz
    @e8tballz 12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They should have left the boxing club! Give back

  • @234dragoman
    @234dragoman 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes it was very good and ive watched every episode at least five times but its not better than the sopranos.

  • @grindcoremaniac
    @grindcoremaniac 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    ah Filth City.

  • @walterosborne9559
    @walterosborne9559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    See people don't pay attention or know how to connect the dotssometimes y'all used to film the TV show The wire here and you wonder why the kids in the teenagers and young people acting like they doing you sold them seeds in the city and now you acting like you don't know what's going on why are they acting like this what's wrong with himthat's what the TV shows did now they imitating it and everybody is panicking and don't nobody want to know what to do about all shooting so you reap what you sold your soul that stuff in these kidsnow that imitating the TV stars and they're doing what they did because you made it look glamorous and made it look like a big-time moving all this is how you do things don't get mad with him the city created this monster putting them TV shows and give it a good ratings and all that you should have put something on TV about becoming a doctor or a lawyer or a a great teacher or great athlete ora piano player playing in the symphony Hall downtown you got black kids that are doing great things but you don't make a TV show about that

  • @howawwe3291
    @howawwe3291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2/3 of that money made from the show should’ve went to fixing up bmore

    • @Werdxp
      @Werdxp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The money put into the Wire probably helped wake people up for the long term

  • @joetowers6591
    @joetowers6591 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just have a question. Why did you come to the city and make all that money. Off the city. But couldn't even keep that shit hole boxing gym open for the kids.