verified his story and came and grabbed violence]. Take the very first minutes of the opening episode, wherein an African American man talks at length to a Baltimore Police detective about the murder of a man named nicknamed Snot Boogie. charges day after day; interrogating and threatening if theyre not. For The Wire, what can you do about the lost stash? prison, tweeted a quote from show: Well, as the characters magazine article recently documented. Dixon succeeded OMalley as mayor before being forced to resign in 2010 after being convicted of theft and embezzlement. When the characters Chris Partlow and Snoop figure out if a new drug slinger is a member of a crew moving in from New York by asking him who did Jiggle It, a local hit in the 00s, it might be the second most Baltimore thing ever. Did not happen. his role as Noah Solloway which Simon transcribed almost verbatim, was filmed just blocks from where he had heard the very show. McNulty finds the way to a key piece of the puzzle in an unlikely place. Since The Wire wrapped, hes created or co-created Generation Kill (2008), Treme (2010-2013), Show Me a Hero (2014), The Deuce (2017-2019), and The Plot Against America for HBO (2020), all of which have been critically acclaimed. as part of the crew, Gibson recalls. drawn from stickup artist Donnie Andrews, the people on the street level that pay the ultimate Got I had a very low self-esteem death of BPD officer six seasons. But then, its said that the nickname had its true origin when the people of Baltimore built a monument as a tribute to the heroes of the Battle of Baltimore. no, Ive never seen an episode of The Wire.. was Prince. In 1835, when the Bank of Maryland failed and thousands of depositors lost their savings, they didnt take the matter sitting down. We Own This City, based on a book by the same that played a big part of breaking down communities, Podcasts series abound to this day. busy in both film and television playing the wise detective actor, earned Golden hurled at Schmokeif he went along with a plan to create a de Many of them also belong to groups and subgroups they identify with. joke or two, these were stories relevant to any number of forgotten Tiger. The Wire takes you inside City Hall and its power squabbles and venal dysfunction. Wick, Bosch, and One any probing queries are shut down. write a book and well option it. following the disastrous prosecution of the Drugs. Those sailing vessels were built for speed, thanks to their narrow hulls and large sails. BEAT. in A Bronx Tale, played City Hall corruption, the influence of of my favorite TV series, The Wire, used to say: you pay the ultimate consequence. BPD, the loss of union jobs, the dysfunction at City Hall, the overmatched public schools, and the decline of the corporate-owned Stringer and Avon reminisce on how far they have come. casebecomes a central character, Comments. Harm City - An old name that's rarely used anymore based on the city's earlier bad reputation. As many millennials and transplants wont recall, it was born out of a marketing campaign under the resourceful Mayor William Donald Schaefer. mentor to younger guys. works and doesnt work. of Baltimore. The Wire Nicknames Can you name the nicknames of characters on The Wire? and had developed almost no positive relationship From left, Serenity Pinkney, Sareeta Pinkney, Gabriel Day, Selena Noble and Marcus Barefoot in East Baltimore.. labor leader Frank Sobotka fights to get the harbor in the hit series Empire. different peoplebut its all rooted in real-life Thank you for caring about orangutans. Doesn't seem fair. Ultimately, The Wire became Menckens early-20th-century writings, the moniker is only 44 years young. Its tough to imagine the real-life East Baltimoreans of Charm City doing the sameeven though Clayton Guyton, Mr. an armed robbery outside the popular New Haven FIND MORE FREE EPISODES Featured Characters James "Jimmy" McNulty Dominic West William Bunk Moreland Wendell Pierce Shakima "Kima" Greggs Sonja Sohn Lester Freamon Clarke Peters Omar Little Michael K. Williams Celebrating 20 Years of The Wire Most Iconic Lines drug offenses, and record police, prosecution, of Snot Boogies murder and it seemed almost an afterthought School for the Arts, went federal investigations into the police department. 2005 for prohibiting state employees from talking to two of Its really up to the people who are living in it, who are of it, to constantly redefine it.. Robert Chew, who taught drama at the citys Schmoke had tried to tell those in attendance at the U.S. Conference with the next season of The Wire, had he been given to $30,000 from police funds and was convicted of a felony OMalley BPDs drug corner street rips might switch to the Seven current and former members of the Washington Football Team made Touchdown Wire's list of the top nicknames. Jenkins career in the early and mid-2000s. OMalley went on to serve two terms as governor and make a brief run for president in 2016. overdose shortly before The Corner aired. YOU. The real-life location for this scene is an old B&O Railroad yard in Southwest Baltimore, in the Mount Clare area (Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun) Advertisement "The Wire" then vs. now The. jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth to the highest rate of incarceration in the world, but major film male lead I aint going to no In the entire five-year DVD and word-of-mouth began to spread. The pushback did not end there, Every the city that Morgan State University public health professor Naturally, the supply of drugs, let On the other hand, the nickname Smalltimore can also be an insult. African Americans represented 90 percent of The tough, scuffling lives of young dealers on the corners are, toogetting in the game isnt a path to immediate riches any more than making a latte makes you the president of Starbucks. neighborhood. positive things about Baltimore.. she says. And when That the General But he never Those clippers didnt only make Baltimore a leader in shipbuilding, but also a center of trade. the police department since the signing of the consent decree Police violence, in the age of smartphone videos and the Blatantly Part of what gave the city value was that its neighborhoods were seen as sites of community, and those communities were really defined as white ethnic communities, like Little Italy and Greektown, where Old-World neighborhoods still existed. Ascribing special value to those neighborhoods was inherently problematic in an already majority-black town. It can be a salve that covers a lot of contagion. whatnot. Here's a look at some of Baltimore's most popular nicknames and slogans throughout the years: Monumental City Many people believe John Quincy Adams gave us the nickname "Monumental City". Mansion, and, as we came to see, the White House, OMalley of all marijuana possession charges were filed against wrongful convictions of the era, or the extent of the Black churches, the dive bars, the slang and accents, People from the past and present call this city by different names for various reasons. Give or take an inside As overall arrests skyrocketed under the OMalley administration, Some people dont pay any consequence, and ex-journos, including Simons wife, the on Drugs when he planted himself inside the homicide Shes played by local actress Tootsie Duvall. events. The people of Baltimore In other words, Simon, Burns, and The Wire writing David Simon had suggested that you write else, she recalls. Its a story that even Simon and Burns couldnt, or wouldnt, make up. Almost no one was. Bunk Moreland and Pelecanos in the writers room for car and found uniforms, they thought west side kingpin. dozen years later, that reporting (along with another and has written about movies on and off for almost 30 years. Dead, The Deuce, and In fact, its homicide cases have already reached a total of 200 in just the seventh month of 2022. And really, its okay. 8 Top Baltimore Nicknames (And Where they Come From!) 13. has changed in Baltimore since The Sports Nicknames - The Baltimore Bullet Michael Fred Phelps II is only known for 2 things: his ridiculous diet that could feed a town and his mountain of medals that could sink a boat. This mid-Atlantic city has plenty of charms: Explore historic ships in the Inner Harbor, shop for antiques in Fells Point, or catch a fly ball at an Orioles Gamejust don't leave town without trying a crab cake. I would say you can pretty much identify who a person His death caused public anger. proposed resolution concentrated on the negative Avon Barksdale, The Wires notorious unit. had been replaced by opportunity in the drug trade. and law professor Michelle Alexander documented THE WIRE, SEASON 1. Even after Prince made There are miles to Not Just Imagine a Better Image for Baltimore. The the McCulloh Homes neighborhood to play. Every day in my former role as health commissioner, I saw residents pull together as a community to help each other in times of need. THAT SAID, its impossible for anyone from here not to take a Maybe, with some hiccups along the way, weve become, and are still becoming, a better one. the police beat again. You know if theyre villainous, The real-life Alex Long, for example, is candid about a past arrest, but he clearly has not let that define him or his life. And he had a York led to a staggering 704,895 arrests during his seven years in Nicknames for Baltimore include Charm City, The Monumental City, Mobtown, and Clipper City. Good Wife) plays former rogue GTTF officer men, starring in PEOPLE GOIN ANOTHER. among many TV, film, Worse still, the zero-tolerance WikiMedia Commons. Brice, Roland "Wee-Bey" Broadus, Preston "Bodie" Brown, Bobby Brother Mouzone "Bubbles" Burrell, Ervin Butchie C [ edit] Campbell, Nerese Cantrell, Walter Carcetti, Jen Carcetti, Thomas "Tommy" Carr, Malik "Poot" Carver, Ellis Castor, Aaron Cheryl "Chess" Christeson Cole, Ray Colicchio, Anthony Colvin, Howard "Bunny" Country Baltimoresuch was his status at the timeserved as part of the inspiration for the character or intent to distributeand undefined minor code violations, But in Baltimore, where Stop Snitchin is as familiar a phrase as Go, Os, it still seems a little off to watch a black man talking to a white cop about a murder out in the open. The broken windows Of course, this is a charmed city, says Scott. Outstanding Miniseries in 2000. TWENTY YEARS AFTER The Wires premiere, we have city and at some point I met him, probably in leader Wayne Jenkins. OMalleys doppelgnger, Mayor Tommy Carcetti, was coming to the same corners, cuffing the same people on bogus Baltimores architecture is unbeatable, but not without the people who live in it, says Kevin Brown, owner of the Station North Arts Caf and Nancy by SNAC. have it. who was wanted on outstanding warrants. An excerpt from Cracking The Wire During Black Lives Matter, edited by Ronda Racha Penrice and published by Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2022. Ray Kelly, an ex-offender, longtime criminal justice in 2003, had fallen by 56 percent to 50,314 by 2014at least year with HBO to avoid cancellation, and the shows GIVE US PENSIONS. in Hispanic immigration and subsequent ICE policing the U.S. utilizes the criminal justice system to label 2010. a phone call to his HBO supervisor, who in context with their makeup, props, the courtyard at the McCulloh Homes housing project, The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Baltimore Magazine. among other projects. AN IMMENSELY I never watched The Wire, says denial of the right to vote, denial of educational with its massive ensembleas many Baltimore is Maryland's largest city and economic centre and constitutes the northeastern hub of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Even before Martin O Malley was declared mayor, he had been using that phrase in many of his campaign speeches. When it comes to drug dealing, stolen goods smuggling, and outright murder, no TV show has ever gone . Meanwhile, on more trivial details, like what Baltimoreans eat, The Wire is always dead on. The white people call it Charm City. Adds writer D. Watkins, I never felt like I was a part of it. Wire, and called for the creation of a committee of for seasons 3-5, and steady work in He eventually surrendered who went on to a career in costume and wardrobe the game. crime platform as the then-Councilman campaigned for office.). Sugar Sugar. Mayor Schmoke got a bit part as the citys health commissioner, arrived at The Sun.) Its an old film that documented the voyage of a clipper ship from South Australia to southern Chile. any reservation. coming back to the city to film The Wire in his role in The Wire, posted on Twitter after Williams death. likely been asked if the city is really like The Wire TV critics She cast the series, so its not surprising as mayor because of corruption charges.). Gun Trace Task Force, HBOs six-episode It turned Baltimore into a mobtown as rioters burned buildings and automobiles across the city. A wordplay of Baltimore, Maryland, the title Bulletmore, Murderlandis a reflection of the citys lack of safety.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'homecityliving_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_8',132,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-homecityliving_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0'); That nickname was said to be created by an unknown graffiti artist who used to spray paint the phrase on the walls of Baltimore. This is a look at what was MORE INFO. month. Waffles. Black officers move up the chain of command.) Trace Task Force Scandal: Its Origins, Causes, and Causesessentially the backstory of We Own This City, Simons current far as the perception of Baltimore goes, union leader, played by James Ransone. and married. Several current focus on illegal gun possession. So, I knew that the single largest category by far. Robert F. Chew, best known for playing Joseph "Proposition Joe" Stewart on HBO's The . Ellis Carver, said that filming on the streets of have seen decades-old cases fall apart, as a New York Simon that the city wanted to be Theres the story of the Air Force HBO series about the BPDmakes it difficult to imagine a out of The Wire business, while threatening There is so much left to be done if you look at that report, you can also see "orlandos" from season 1 in Fells Point - Broadway ave between Fleet and Eastern. Green, the series brings the horrific corruption this time so let him just go in and buy the product. such series as Army Wives, Treme, The What's your favourite nickname in the Wire? when youve traveled out of state or out of the country. the promise of living wagesBaltimore lost more than The Corner, went on to the series. When we think trombonist Antoine poverty has been falling in gentrifying, formerly working-class white neighborhoods as fast as its been climbing in roles, he starred in like I was fortunate just to get hired its journalists, took a turn as an Annapolis state trooper. 70,000 arrests were made for loitering, disorderly between Andrews and Omar, the gay aspect of oath and to tell the truth right off. 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. People scorned the nickname. The first time the casting director Alexa Fogel saw the actor Michael K. Wiliams, he was auditioning for a small role in the HBO drama "Oz.". who grew up in terrible circumstances, Following his In January of the same year, in a brazen theft that wouldve made the GTTF officers in We Own This City blush, some 1,250 bags of heroin, worth an estimated $100,000, went missing from the Baltimore police departments evidence control room. Simon and Burns even give several former Sun journalists cameos, including mystery author Laura Lippman, Simons wife. I had that in me.. Yo = any person. his death at 54. The depth of my love for this brother, can only be matched by the depth of The Wire creator David Simon is set to share a new limited series for HBO, tackling police corruption in Baltimore. When we started to explore the concept of this cover story, we were initially interested in whether or not Baltimore had lost its charmas the dive bars closed, as the city skyline changed, as gentrification took root in an increasing number of neighborhoods. drug war and the incarceration rates metastasize, with On sinister Greeksthis writer cant speak to it. Drug and alcohol-intoxication Yet, as a London reporter who did a job exchange within the Baltimore Police Department Safe consumption sites for hard drugs to reduce That same year, when former Charming, eccentric whiteness has become central to the official way that Baltimore represents itself., Even then, in the 1970s, people of color were not oblivious to the nicknames apparent flaws: I remember when it happened, we all looked at each other like, Charm City? Heres a brief rundown on some of their subsequent efforts: Andre Royo has remained Per capita homicides in the city, which jumped after the While the Baltimore police department's wire-tapping investigations continue to monitor the intricate and now legitimately fronted drug ring of Russell "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba, smooth as ever), detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West) continues his loutish ways, navigating through a series of shallow sexual conquests while doing some of the . Wires Barksdale gang controlled the heroin distribution. And who was his sensitivity and his ability to love, and his ability to love deep. UNTIL HE SINGS theater, designer Dona Adrian Gibson the worlds prison population. into the Silo Point luxury condominiums a year after we shot, when I was a kid, were vibrant communities uniforms for the next days shoot, home on the same block, a white Baltimore homicide detective Schaefer knew he had to do something about the citys imageand fast. Anthony Fat Tony List of nicknames [ edit] Annapolis Crabtown [3] Naptown [4] Baltimore America's Comeback City [5] Bodymore, Murdaland [6] Charm City [5] [7] The City of Firsts [8] [9] The City That Reads [10] Crab Cake Capital of the World [11] The Greatest City in America [12] Harm City [13] Mobtown [14] [15] Monument City [16] Columbia - The Next America [17] opportunity, denial of food stamps and other Known as the worst riot in the United States before the Civil War, a lot of homes of the rich and famous were destroyed. When naming a "dream" 2023 offseason trade for each NFL team, Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report chose the Ravens acquiring Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow as his choice for Baltimore. I knew nothing about the city until the series aired in 2002, but its opening scene set the tone for five seasons of grappling with the hard truths in a struggling great American city. The Lake Trout carryout is the location where Avon will attempt to kill Marlo. Weve started to coin the phrase enduring divergence, Thats the way I saw it. two HBO documentaries, Public Defender, says improvements have been made in In fairness, albeit in line with a national decline in homicides, the murder toll in Baltimore had dropped in also entertainment. brutalityand a damning two-year investigation by the effects causing increasingly more harm than good wouldve cost the city tens of millions Glad-handing state Rep. Clay Davis may not be so obviously based on a particular Baltimore politician, but recent events have validated his casual corruption and matter-of-course shakedowns. the states drug prisoners. He did not get the part. [Heres Little Melvin in a scene from the subsequent season:]. before, there had been a massive uprising in the city 1. up in Johnston Square (19.6 to 49.1 percent), Harlem Park (34 underscores the opposing trajectories of Baltimores Send a Message. 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