Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire – in pictures

Photographer JM Giordano revisits the Baltimore locations so familiar to fans of the revered TV series

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JM Giordano

Main image: Local boy D’Angelo Preston, aged eight, is pictured outside the Honey Carry-Out store that was used as Bodie’s hangout in The Wire. Photograph: J.M. Giordano

Sat 27 May 2017 14.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 10.34 EDT

Janet Worsley and her granddaughter walk by the building used as ‘Butchie’s Bar’.
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A member is pictured outside the Dios Es Amor church which was used as the campaign headquarters of Mayor Tommy Carcetti played by Aidan Gillen.
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The ruined remains of the boxing gym in East Baltimore that was run by the character Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise.
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Pamela Alford, 52, looks out of her window in the Station North area where season four of The Wire was filmed.
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The building that was used as headquarters for wire-tapping operations by McNulty, Freamon and Greggs.
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A busy night at The Sidebar, a punk rock club that featured as the police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.
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The area famously known as ‘The Pit’ which lies in a low-rise housing project of McCulloh Homes. This is where D’Angelo Barksdale’s crew hung out on a discarded couch.
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A Baltimore City Police car whizzes by the exterior of The Sidebar, more famously known as police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.
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A mural pictured in the ruined interior of Cutty’s boxing gym in East Baltimore.
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Now a design school for local children, pictured is the location where the younger kids told each other ‘zombie’ stories about the bodies found in derelict vacant houses.
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The Ritz Cabaret club in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighbourhood. The strip club featured as Avon Barksdale’s club ‘Orlando’s’.
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Green Mount Cemetery which was featured in most seasons of The Wire as the body count piled up.
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Pearson’s Florist where Bodie went to purchase a floral arrangement for a fallen comrade. The area has now gentrified with a new theatre and dance clubs.
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Local boy D’Angelo Preston, eight, outside the Honey Carry-Out store that was used as Bodie’s hangout. Bodie was killed here and, in another episode, young student Randy bought candy to sell at school.
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The copy centre that featured as the business location of Stringer Bell, memorably played by Idris Elba.
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Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire – in pictures

Janet Worsley and her granddaughter walk by the building used as ‘Butchie’s Bar’.

A member is pictured outside the Dios Es Amor church which was used as the campaign headquarters of Mayor Tommy Carcetti played by Aidan Gillen.

The ruined remains of the boxing gym in East Baltimore that was run by the character Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise.

Pamela Alford, 52, looks out of her window in the Station North area where season four of The Wire was filmed.

The building that was used as headquarters for wire-tapping operations by McNulty, Freamon and Greggs.

A busy night at The Sidebar, a punk rock club that featured as the police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.

The area famously known as ‘The Pit’ which lies in a low-rise housing project of McCulloh Homes. This is where D’Angelo Barksdale’s crew hung out on a discarded couch.

A Baltimore City Police car whizzes by the exterior of The Sidebar, more famously known as police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.

A mural pictured in the ruined interior of Cutty’s boxing gym in East Baltimore.

Now a design school for local children, pictured is the location where the younger kids told each other ‘zombie’ stories about the bodies found in derelict vacant houses.

The Ritz Cabaret club in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighbourhood. The strip club featured as Avon Barksdale’s club ‘Orlando’s’.

Green Mount Cemetery which was featured in most seasons of The Wire as the body count piled up.

Pearson’s Florist where Bodie went to purchase a floral arrangement for a fallen comrade. The area has now gentrified with a new theatre and dance clubs.

Local boy D’Angelo Preston, eight, outside the Honey Carry-Out store that was used as Bodie’s hangout. Bodie was killed here and, in another episode, young student Randy bought candy to sell at school.

The copy centre that featured as the business location of Stringer Bell, memorably played by Idris Elba.

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Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire in pictures | Television &amp; radio

Baltimore, 15 years after The Wire – in pictures

Janet Worsley and her granddaughter walk by the building used as ‘Butchie’s Bar’.

A member is pictured outside the Dios Es Amor church which was used as the campaign headquarters of Mayor Tommy Carcetti played by Aidan Gillen.

The ruined remains of the boxing gym in East Baltimore that was run by the character Dennis ‘Cutty’ Wise.

Pamela Alford, 52, looks out of her window in the Station North area where season four of The Wire was filmed.

The building that was used as headquarters for wire-tapping operations by McNulty, Freamon and Greggs.

A busy night at The Sidebar, a punk rock club that featured as the police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.

The area famously known as ‘The Pit’ which lies in a low-rise housing project of McCulloh Homes. This is where D’Angelo Barksdale’s crew hung out on a discarded couch.

A Baltimore City Police car whizzes by the exterior of The Sidebar, more famously known as police bar ‘Kavanaugh’s’.

A mural pictured in the ruined interior of Cutty’s boxing gym in East Baltimore.

Now a design school for local children, pictured is the location where the younger kids told each other ‘zombie’ stories about the bodies found in derelict vacant houses.

The Ritz Cabaret club in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighbourhood. The strip club featured as Avon Barksdale’s club ‘Orlando’s’.

Green Mount Cemetery which was featured in most seasons of The Wire as the body count piled up.

Pearson’s Florist where Bodie went to purchase a floral arrangement for a fallen comrade. The area has now gentrified with a new theatre and dance clubs.

Local boy D’Angelo Preston, eight, outside the Honey Carry-Out store that was used as Bodie’s hangout. Bodie was killed here and, in another episode, young student Randy bought candy to sell at school.

The copy centre that featured as the business location of Stringer Bell, memorably played by Idris Elba.

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