The funeral parlor from The Wire
Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland
This is the funeral parlor from The Wire.
It is located at 1701 McCulloh Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Barksdale organization uses this building as their main headquarters after Orlando's club is raided by the police at the end of Season 1.
This is the place where Stringer Bell chairs meetings with his subordinates. During these meetings, the gang's hardened dope dealers must politely raise their hands and wait for permission to speak.
The Wire: Funeral parlor address
The address and the GPS coordinates for this location are as follows:
Address
1701 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, Maryland, MD 21217, USA
GPS coordinates
The latitude and longitude coordinates for the parlor are:
39.305845, -76.631700
Directions
It sits on the corner of McCulloh Street and Wilson Street.
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Carleton C. Tomkins funeral services
Episode 9, Season 3 - Slapstick
In The Wire, it is called Carleton C. Tomkins Funeral Services.
In real life, however, it is called Serenity Funeral and Cremation Services.
"Y'all that paranoid?"
Episode 13, Season 1 - Sentencing
Avon and Stringer are forced to use the funeral home as their new front after the police raid Orlando's club.
In the finale of Season 1, Avon's sister, Brianna, visits the parlor to speak to them. However, they're so worried about the possibility of bugs that they immediately shush her.
Once they're outside on the sidewalk, Brianna asks:
"Y'all really that paranoid? You ain't even been up in there before."
In response, Avon explains that they're no longer going to discuss business indoors.
"Nah man, we done worrying about territory."
During one of his meetings, Stringer Bell explains that "the game" isn't about holding street corners anymore.
Instead, it's about "the product." The organization can make more money and draw far less attention to itself by supplying the competition with its package:
"Territory ain't sh*t. Especially when you consider it's the fight for the territory that be bringing the bodies, and the bodies that bring the police."
However, Stringer's dealers are set in their ways. They care more about their pride and reputation than the organization's profit margins.
"Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk ass bitches out there?"
Poot sums up the mood towards Stringer's new vision by raising his hand and saying:
"Do the chair know we gonna look like some punk ass bitches out there?"
This infuriates Stringer, who tells them that they need to start thinking like grown men instead of gangsters on a street corner.
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