Ritebook — Discover Amazing Facts, History, Travel & Culture: The Chewing Gum Wall

The Internet, Newspapers, and Magazines make all sorts of ratings: the biggest, The Highest, The Most Expensive, The Most Interesting, The most... most, most... Seems to have all the tags, and "nomination" sounded. But NO, all attractions are divided into two parts: those known worldwide, arriving in another country, and the must-see, just like White House, Golden Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, etc. They usually come across quite by accident or build by Plan, but sometimes emotion forms, getting much more. WALL GUM refers precisely to the category of interest. It is in Settle, USA, and its size is about 15 x 50 feet. This wall is completely covered with a layer of chewing gum and pieces of chewing gum several inches thick, as you approach it with your hands. Nobody would argue with the fact that Americans are one of the most chewing Nations.

Gum wall Seattle

This Market Theatre (Cinema) Gum Wall is a brick alleyway wall now covered in several used chewing gums, and it is a local landmark in downtown Seattle, in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. This wall is similar to Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. In the 90s, people had to stand up for a movie ticket in a giant queue and stuck the chewing gum on the wall. Theatre staff tried to clean the wall twice, but in 1999 they no longer spent the time and energy to the same "wall" became a certified tourist attraction of Seattle.

Chewing Gum Wall, Seattle

Now it is covered with thousands and thousands of pieces of chewing gum of different colours. With an increasing wall, "chew art" is becoming more sophisticated. Here you can see the "artistic modelling" in the form of figures of hearts, people's names, fashioned for pieces of chewing gum, and paste the coins too, with various inscriptions. Now every tourist is committed to sticking gum and being photographed against Seattle's gum wall. You too.☺

First Image by Flickr user Ricky