Fell ’ s Point
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Step Up – This cult-favorite dance movie series starring Channing Tatum was shot all around Baltimore , including the frozen yogurt shop Cup Love in neighboring Canton and the Recreation Pier ( which was also the setting of the old detective show Homicide ).
Sleepless in Seattle – This neighborhood made an appearance as the location of Annie ’ s home .
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Established in 1763 , Fell ’ s Point is one of Baltimore ’ s oldest and most charming neighborhoods and has served as the home to abolitionist Frederick Douglass and jazz legend Billie Holiday . It ’ s a great place to stroll the Belgian block streets and admire the historic buildings , 161 of which are on the National Register . Check out the Robert Long House , which is the oldest standing urban residence in the city , or explore “ Lady Day Way ” along the 200 block of South Durham Street , where Billie Holiday grew up and you ’ ll find murals and screen
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paintings dedicated to the iconic singer . The history doesn ’ t stop there . Learn all about Fell ’ s Point ’ s past as home to the first African American-owned shipyard in the country at the waterfront Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park . Grab a bite at the historic Broadway Market , one of the oldest public markets in Baltimore , and cap it all off with a drink at the city ’ s oldest bar , The Horse You Came In On Saloon , which is rumored to have been Edgar Allan Poe ’ s last stop before his death .
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Ace of Cakes – On this Food Network show , baker and James Beard Award winner Duff Goldman and his team whip up creative cakes in their Remington Avenue bakery Charm City Cakes .
The Social Network – Everyone knows that technology giant Mark Zuckerberg birthed Facebook at Harvard — but in the movie adapted from Ben Mezrich ’ s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires , Johns Hopkins University ’ s Homewood campus stands in for the Ivy League school . The Harvard dorm setting was filmed in JHU ’ s Latrobe Hall .
Veep & House of Cards – Several smaller scenes from other Baltimore-based filming projects happened on the JHU campus , including a Veep appearance at a frozen yogurt shop shot at the nowclosed Dominion Ice Cream . House of Cards filmed at the JHU-adjacent Baltimore Museum of Art , while other buildings on campus stood in for Frank Underwood ’ s alma mater , The Sentinel .
“ BILLIE HOLIDAY RISES ABOVE BALTIMORE ” BY BRIDGET CIMINO / PHOTO BY JASON VARNEY
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