Day 52 – Pike Place Market Gum Wall
Posted on | February 21, 2010 | 13 Comments |
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It was another beautiful day here in Seattle and I went out for a long walk with my camera. I finally remembered to capture the picture I’ve been wanting to post for a while; the picture of the most disgusting tourist attraction in Seattle. In fact this wall was selected as #2 in the the world’s top five germiest attractions by Trip Advisor. Yes, it is a wall of gums. People started sticking their gums on this wall just outside the Market theatre as they waited in line to buy tickets and to watch the shows. This wall was scraped clean twice, but that didn’t stop people from sticking their gums here. Finally the officials gave up sometime in the late 1990s and declared it a tourist attraction. The wall is growing in size now and people have been using chewed up gums in very creative ways. If you are not completely grossed out my it, you can check out a few more pics of the wall including some real close up shots here.
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February 21st, 2010 @ 11:32 pm
eewww!!!!
February 22nd, 2010 @ 12:37 am
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!
February 22nd, 2010 @ 12:37 am
definitely gross but quite interesting too. i checked out the other pics too
February 22nd, 2010 @ 12:37 am
aio wait, cudnt see any other pics
February 22nd, 2010 @ 1:15 am
Saliva hath wrought so much beauty!
I am not grossed out at all, it’s v pretty. But I couldn’t see the other pix you linked to, it says there aren’t any tagged gum wall.
February 22nd, 2010 @ 1:52 am
February 22nd, 2010 @ 6:00 am
I’m not grossed out either. Very creative indeed. May be I should contribute to this work of art when I visit Seattle
February 22nd, 2010 @ 7:56 am
Sorry about the broken link. It is fixed now.
February 22nd, 2010 @ 8:38 am
Interesting…a little gross, but interesting. Reminds me of a restaurant in Pto. Vallarta that has years and years of pen, pencil, and knife-etched graffiti on every table, chair, wall- ceiling too! i like the subtleties in the color-undulation of these “works” that become vivid upon approach.
February 23rd, 2010 @ 6:51 pm
Yuck!!
February 24th, 2010 @ 4:21 pm
Like Sra and Mamtha, I am not grossed out either. The wall looks like a work of art and if you don’t say what it is looks like a mosaic wall.
February 27th, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
love your pics siggy…and surprisingly i am not grossed out!….seattle looks waay too much fun….
February 27th, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
Have been living is Seattle for sometime now… never ever heard abt this germiest attraction…. should visit this soon… what ever it is, it looks great!