A reporter from Baltimore has been going around taking snaps of what the famous locations in The Wire look like today to mark HBO's release of the show in HD.
If you're a fan of The Wire, then you'll know that the city of Baltimore itself was a main character in the show, and many of the locations said as much about the position or the plight of those in the show as the dialogue itself did.
To mark the release of The Wire in HD on HBO, reporter Justin Fenton with The Baltimore Sun has gone around the city to snap pictures of the locations as they are today and compare them with the cuts from the TV show, and the results speak volumes.
.@SleevieB Marlo's spot, then and now #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/kvDTsgQFQL
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
Bonus, then and now: #TheWireMarathon #nospoilers pic.twitter.com/m7pzY8Qqd8
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
.@_D_J_P Hamsterdam, then and now #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/sK3vF857FX
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
.@flacks @LazerAl The Pit, then & now #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/WlZcDg9hno
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
.@TheFoodChemist one of Bunk & McNulty's train track spots #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/E6kYxgD34m
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
Kavanaugh's (Sidebar), then and now #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/gUD0XxuCn7
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
RT @Ekwaun: @justin_fenton #TheWireMarathon the statues at McCullough Homes pic.twitter.com/12QllWZLnP
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
Fake Sun newsroom then, real Sun newsroom now #TheWireMarathon pic.twitter.com/kr9JMxGpFK
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) December 26, 2014
Despite all the years that have come and gone, the city looks almost exactly the same, in particular in the areas that were most hit by the drug problems in the show, which perhaps says a lot about how those areas became badly affected in the first place.
Via Uproxx