Widely considered one of the greatest television shows ever, HBO’s The Wire is currently celebrating 12 years since it was first shown with a marathon run of fully-remastered high-definition episodes. Over five series, the show explored the wide-ranging impact of the war on drugs on the crack-infested streets of Baltimore, Maryland. Written by David Simon, a former police reporter for The Baltimore Sun, the show was praised for its gritty realism and much of it was filmed on location around some of the roughest parts of the city. Scroll down for video Widely considered one of the greatest television shows ever, HBO’s The Wire is currently celebrating 12 years since it was first shown with a marathon run of fully-remastered high-definition episodes
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To coincide with the 12th anniversary of the critically-acclaimed TV show starting, Baltimore Sun crime reporter Justin Fenton visited many of the famous locations to show how little has changed in the years since then
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Widely considered one of the greatest television shows ever, HBO's The Wire explored the wide-ranging impact of the war on drugs on the crack-infested streets of Baltimore, Maryland
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Written by David Simon, himself a former police reporter for The Baltimore Sun, the show was praised for its gritty realism and much of it was filmed on location around some of the roughest parts of the city
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City mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake maintains that much has changed over the past 12 years to improve Baltimore by reducing crime and urban blight, yet this collection of photos tells a different story
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