Thursday Doors (The Wire Neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland)

We have a family member (hubs’ side of family) who had cancer surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital this week (he is doing very well, and asked for privacy). Johns Hopkins Hospital (here) is noted for inventing the rechargeable pacemaker, renal dialysis, and insulin research. (Side note – I do have some thoughts about the sick care in our culture and might address this in a later post.)

This hospital also happens to sit in the same Baltimore neighborhood that HBO’s The Wire was filmed.

I have not seen a full episode of The Wire, yet, but I had a chance to grab some photos of this iconic area. I have more photos to share in another post – because today’s post has various doors as I am connecting to Norm’s Thursday Doors challenge. Go here to join in or see more entries. 

The older part of Johns Hopkins hospital – May 6 – 12th is Nursing Week in the U.S.

Glass doors in the newer, remodeled area.

In front of Hospital – – Linked to Pull up a Seat (week 19)

Two doctors chat behind the decorative glass.

Two citizens walk along the street – right near the hospital entrance. 

 

We walked through this neighborhood to reach the hospital.

The ally between buildings was locked – the next photo shows what is beyond the gate.

 

 

Grabbed this photo of door 612 while hubs was driving us to the parking area. It was only later that the lady – at door 614 – stood out to me. Her stance and glare said a lot. 

 

A lot of history here in Baltimore.

Trailer for The Wire

The Wire Tidbits (from here)

• The Wire is a show that explored what was wrong with the police department, lawmakers, criminals, school systems, and the media. It represented what was (and still is) happening in the community – with the handling of the many “gray lines” that still exist today.
• The Wire made the city of Baltimore the star of the show: Baltimore was more than a backdrop and setting for The Wire. “From its street corners to its classrooms to the corridors of power, this city was the prism through which issues and themes were refracted.”
• The Wire was airing at the time of The Sopranos and some say this might have interfered with the shows initial success.
• Michael K. Williams noted that one episode of The Sopranos cost the same as an entire season of The Wire.
• Benjamin Rozovas, film and TV critic for France’s Premiere Magazine, has argued that The Wire’s endurance today is because it was consistently unnoticed for so long.
• The Wire benefited from airing during the so-called ‘golden age’ of TV at the turn of the new millennium, before TV became aware of itself and of its staying power.
• “Sheeeiiiit” – Isiah Whitlock Jr. (he played Clay Davis – a corrupt senator) and this stretched out version of shit – became one of the show’s most memorable catchphrases.

 

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Leaving the city. Linked to OWS for pollution

P R I O R H O U S E

MAY 2019

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