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spiegelman home

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This home in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens is where the Spiegelman family lived, and it's featured extensively throughout Art Spiegelman's interviews with his father in the classic graphic novel, Maus (Pantheon Books/winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize).

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the high rises

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Franklin Terrace, The Wire's premier drug spot (before it was demolished at the beginning of season three), was based on former Baltimore housing projects like Lexington Terrace and Murphy Homes.

The high rises in the show are located near the the pit. The police crew did their surveillance from the rooftop of the United Methodist church across the street.

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everyman espresso

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Jerry Seinfeld and Todd Barry round out their day with some coffee at Everyman Espresso in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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nathan’s famous

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Jerry Seinfeld and Todd Barry head down to Coney Island in a 1966 MGB Roadster (in Tartan Red) for some coffee in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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the malibu kitchen

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Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards take a 1962 Volkswagon Bus/truck to Sugar Ray Leonard's house, than The Malibu Kitchen in arguably the best episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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