Seattle’s Famous Gum Wall Is Being Scrubbed Away to Bare Brick
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Far, far from hygienic but beloved all the same, the Gum Wall is located in Post Alley underneath Pike Place market. But the Seattle Times reports that yesterday, protective suit-clad crew started scraping and using high-temperature pressure washers (whose water hits 260 degrees) to blast off layers of the chewed-up confection, exposing the brick underneath. As they’re melted off the wall, the estimated one million masticated wads are being collected in buckets. It’s the first time the Gum Wall has been completely wiped clean, and the process (which costs $4,000) is expected to last into rest of the week.