How tall could I build? The sky’s the limit I’m only limited by time and how high a ceiling I have. I’ve broken my own record many times-each time a little taller. My first record was 14 feet 6 inches tall, and this one, my newest, is almost exactly 25 feet tall. The Capitol Hill and White House interior shots were filmed on the show’s soundstage in Joppa in Harford County, Maryland.The first time I built a Guinness World Record like this, I was still in high school.
The Maryland town of Havre de Grace, in Harford County, was transformed into the small town Frank visits in his home district. Wit and Wisdom ( 200 International Dr.), part of the Four Seasons in Harbor East, also served as a location for a meeting in Chapter 2.īoth the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Gallery played unidentified museums at various points in season one, including two clandestine meet-ups between Zoe and Frank. Red Maple, meant to be a Dupont Circle bar, was the setting for a couple of Zoe Barnes’ after-work drinks, including one meet-up with co-worker Janine Skorsky in Chapter 6. Just as it did in The Wire, Werner’s served as a popular locale for political breakfast and lunch meetings, while Tio Pepe’s is the restaurant where Doug finds former prostitute Rachel working. Redwood St.) were locations for multiple scenes during the first season. Franklin St.) as well as Werner’s downtown ( 231 E. Charles St.) and Tio Pepe’s in Mount Vernon ( 10 E. between Linwood and Potomac Sts., Baltimore, MD.Ĭanton Square was used as the site of a Peter Russo's campaign rally, set in Pennsylvania.
The ornate Engineer’s Club plays the Secretary of State’s building (as well as a Pennsylvania hotel’s lobby). The president’s inaugural ball was held in Baltimore’s War Memorial Building, across from City Hall. When Frank Underwood first noticed Zoe Barnes (or at least her backside), Baltimore’s Lyric Opera House played its DC counterpart. newspaper, and a sign was placed on its exterior. The Baltimore Sun’s real, unused office space were transformed into the fictitious D.C. Filming locations at the Peabody included their courtyard on Center Street. The Peabody Conservatory played the part of the fictitious Georgetown hotel, where protesters interrupted Claire’s CWI Charity Gala. The courtyard between that building and Au Bon Pain up the street served as a meeting place for Claire in one of the episodes. The setting for Claire’s non-profit organization is just a few blocks north of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), a Catholic girls high school, served as the location for the welcoming reception and mess hall, and its auditorium served as the location for Peter Russo's town hall meeting ( )ġ3 Commerce St. This isn’t Hopkins’ first film role: the school stood in for Harvard in The Social Network. Eisenhower Library got a fake sign on its facade to look like the library dedicated to Frank Underwood, and Gilman Hall played the part of the old library. Johns Hopkins University stood in for South Carolina’s Citadel.
The show set up shop in an abandoned building in the city’s Better Waverly area. Sadly, the seedy rib joint doesn’t exist in real life, even in Baltimore. The apartment, right off Charles Street in Mount Vernon, is between Nino’s Pizza and Dionysus Restaurant and Lounge. The Underwood’s home can be found in the Bolton Hill area of Baltimore, but interior shots are filmed on the show’s soundstage in Joppa, Maryland. The opening credits are shot in and facing Washington, D.C.
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