Photos From The Abandoned Soundstage Of HBO's The Wire

Casual readers of /Film will know that we're all big fans of David Simon's HBO series The Wire. In fact, Slashfilm editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta recently admitted that after months of disgracefully leaving The Wire on his DVD shelf, he finally gave season 1 a spin (his reaction? "Why did I not watch this sooner?").

Livejournal user Patty Boh recently discovered that the soundstages for The Wire were still intact, so he somehow got access to them and photographically documented the results. The resulting photoset is both haunting and nostalgic, a sad, hollowed-out remembrance of one of the greatest television shows of our generation.

According to Patty, the building that houses the sets is scheduled for demolition and will soon become a supermarket. Somewhere in that fate is a plot for another compelling Wire season.

Make sure you head on over to Patty's photoset at Livejournal (WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE WIRE LIE WITHIN) for the entire series of high-res images and check out his Livejournal page for more great photos. You can hear our 3.5-hour Wire retrospective by clicking here. Thanks to /Film reader John H. for the tip!