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Stick your gum on the market theater gum wall, a local landmark in downtown seattle, in post alley under pike place market. Down an unassuming alleyway next to seattle s famed pike place market is a hidden work of art dubbed the gum wall or the wall of gum. Seattle s famous gum wall was barren for the first time in 20 years on friday workers filled 94 gallon buckets with 1. Even so, it might take awhile as tourists chew and chew and chew. Steam blasting begins at pike place market gum wall kuow. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet 4. Saying goodbye a little longer as seattle scrapes off its gum wall. Tourists and locals have been sticking their used gum to the wall. Seattle gum wall stock photos download 235 royalty free. And search more of istocks library of royaltyfree stock images that features abstract photos available for quick and easy download. Book your tickets online for the gum wall, seattle. A generation of memories steamcleaned off seattles. Download 235 seattle gum wall stock photos for free or amazingly low rates.
View topquality stock photos of seattle washington famous gum wall in. Seattle says goodbye to a disgusting tourist attraction. Seattles gum wall cleaned for first time in 20 years. Kristin kendle is a seattle based freelance writer who has covered the city and tacoma for tripsavvy since 2010.
On this day may 2017, i explored a brick wall covered in used chewing gum in an alley located in downtown seattle washington called the gum wall. The chief cleaner of seattles gum wall explains his technique. The wall, situated in pike place market, is estimated to have around 1m pieces of gum attached, as well as. Crews are cleaning up the citys famed gum wall near pike place market, where tourists and locals. And search more of istocks library of royaltyfree stock images that features alley photos available. Kissing, chewing the germiest tourist attractions cnn. Seattle washington famous gum wall in post alley highres stock. The gum wall seattle s famous gum wall is in an alley outside of a theater at pike place market.
Kiro 7 recently posted video of seattle s infamous gum wall getting pressurewashed. Once named the worlds secondgermiest tourist attraction, pike place markets gum wall will soon be scrubbed of 20 years buildup of sugary stickum emily crawford, a spokeswoman for the. It did not stay clean for long because people have already kept the. Seattle s famous gum wall in pike place market is meeting a notsosticky end. The following 100 files are in this category, out of 100 total. Scrape it off, scrape it offseattle removes 20 years. In the early 1990s, patrons waiting in line for the market theater began sticking their chewedup pieces of gum. Saying goodbye a little longer as seattle scrapes off its. Decades of goo melting off gum wall at pike place market cnn.
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Unexpected productions market theater wall of gum, seattle, washington. Similar to bubblegum alley in san luis obispo, california, the market theater gum wall is a brick alleyway wall now covered in used chewing gum. This is a brick wall covered in peoples chewed up gum. The gum wall seattle 2020 all you need to know before. Emily crawford, who works for pike place market, has a window that looks out on the. L ast week, the famous gum wall in seattle s pike place market was scrubbed clean for the first time in 20 years.
A worker uses a hightemperature pressure washer to clean layers of gum from seattle s famous gum wall at pike place market on tuesday, november 10. The gum wall travel guidebook must visit attractions in seattle. The unexpected and colorful display is an excellent. The gum wall attraction travel guidebook, seattle mustvisit attractions. Seattle a piece of seattle history is coming down or rather, 1 million little pieces. Legend has it that a cheeky comedian performing at the theater was told no gum was allowed inside as he was entering. The insider team believes that life is an adventure. I stuck my own chewed gum on the wall, and left with no regrets. Gum wall, exterior of market theater, post alley, pike place market, seattle, washington in the pikemarket historic district. The wall has been partially scrubbed three times before, but this will be its first deep clean. Gum wall seattle washington stock photos download 141. Seattles famous gum wall is coming down mental floss.
Seattle s famous gum wall is being cleaned after 20 years as a city landmark. Tourists take pictures at the gum wall outside pike place market in seattle. Much like bubblegum alley in san luis obispo, california, the market theater gum wall is a local landmark. The gum wall, also dubbed the wall of gum, is one of the strangest attractions in pike place market, where visitors can go to. Downtown take a stroll downfunky alley to see the chewed gum display. His reaction was to take the gum and stick it to the wall and walk inside as a real f you to the bouncer.
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