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the low rises

from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

This is McCulloh Homes, West Baltimore's housing projects where D'Angelo manages the low-level dope dealers in season 1 of The Wire. The courtyard (AKA "the pit") with the orange couch was in the southernmost group of buildings, and right across Preston is the rooftop where the police crew kept watch on the hoppers.

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k. west

from david bowie, ziggy stardust posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

The album cover photo for David Bowie's 1972 sci-fi rock opera The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was taken outside the furrier K. West formerly located here at 23 Heddon Street in London.

A commemorative plaque currently marks the exact spot. The iconic original K. West sign was stolen by a fan sometime in 1982, but it was recovered for a David Bowie art exhibition in 2012.

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the barracks

from lost posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

The cabins at YMCA Camp Erdman in Hawaii were used for the Others' homes and the Dharma Initiative living quarters at the start of season 3 of Lost. The interiors for the Dharma Initiative check-in room, Flashback Ben's classroom and the makeshift holding cell were all filmed in the assembly hall across the street from the cabins.

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the stash house

from true detective posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

Rust Cohle (as his alter ego Crash) infiltrates the Iron Crusaders and they attempt to rob a stash house in the Westwego housing projects in episode four of HBO's True Detective

When the robbery goes south Cohle drags Ginger through the house facing Lake St. and then the tracking shot follows them as they scale a fence between Texas St. and Emile Ave. before Hart picks them up.

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waikiki landmark

from lost posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

The interiors and exteriors from Locke's season 3 Lost flashback when he is paralyzed after his father pushes him out of an eighth floor hotel window were filmed at the Waikiki Landmark condo in Honolulu.

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