Gum Wall

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The Market Theater Gum Wall is a local landmark in downtown Seattle, in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. 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. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet.[1]

The wall is by the box office for the Market Theater, and the tradition began around 1993 when patrons of Unexpected Productions' Seattle Theatresports stuck gum to the wall and placed coins in the gum blobs.[2] Theater workers scraped the gum away twice, but eventually gave up[1] after market officials deemed the gum wall a tourist attraction around 1999.[2] Some people create small works of art out of gum.[3]

It was named one of the top 5 germiest tourist attractions in 2009, second to the Blarney Stone.[1][4][5] It is the location of the start of a ghost tour,[6][7] and it is a popular site with wedding photographers.[2]

A scene for the 2009 Jennifer Aniston film Love Happens was shot at the wall in 2008.[8][9][10]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chen, Stephanie (20 July 2009). "Kissing, chewing -- the 'germiest ' tourist attractions". CNN. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eskenazi, Stuart (6 June 2008). "Market lost & found". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  3. ↑ Carter, Chelsea J. (30 June 2006). "Gumming it: Messages designed to stick on Seattle's Gum Wall". Associated Press (Spokane Spokesman-Review). Retrieved 2012-06-08. 
  4. ↑ "Ewww! Seattle gum wall a top germy attraction". Komo News. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  5. ↑ Griswold, Jamie (11 June 2009). "Seattle Gum Wall ranks in top 5 "Germiest Attractions"". MyNorthWest.com. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  6. ↑ "Post Alley - Gum Wall". The News Tribune. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  7. ↑ "The Pike Place Market Ghost Tours". SPI blog. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  8. ↑ Mulady, Kathy (12 March 2008). "Movie crews to close streets around Pike Place Market today". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  9. ↑ Guzman, Monica (18 March 2008). "'Traveling': Why Jen Aniston film was set in Seattle". The Big Blog (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
  10. ↑ The Gum Wall. http://www.jamisonjohnson.blogspot.com is also a blog inspired by this phenomenon.

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Coordinates: 47°36′29″N 122°20′25″W / 47.60806°N 122.34028°W / 47.60806; -122.34028


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