A unique landmark has been eradicated, at least temporarily. The Gum Wall located in Post Alley of the Seattle Pike Place Market, has been stripped of its sticky essence.
The King 5 News broke the news earlier this month that the Gum Wall, located in a corner of the city's famous Pike Place Market, would be scrubbed clean of its adornment for the first time in 20 years. According to the article, "Pike Place Market says a total scrub down is needed because of the sugar in the gum." Since it became a thing 20 years ago, "[t]he Gum Wall has grown to eight feet high and over 54 feet wide, with approximately 150 piece of gum per brick."
Sean Keeley kept a close eye on the Gum Wall's demise in a series of posts for Curbed Seattle. Plenty of Twitter and Instagram post commemorate the occasion, as well as the YouTube video found below.
Fans of the Gum Wall breathe easy: the process of collecting some one million wads of gum will be allowed to begin again.
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