It’s been two decades since the famous gum wall at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, has been cleaned off. As you can imagine, it’s a very sticky job.
Watch 20 Years Worth Of Gum Get Power-Washed Off A Wall In Seattle
By
Michael Avery in
Bizarre
On 15th November 2015
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The task will cost around $4,000 and take three days to break through all the chewing gum and get down to the red brick.
Workers from the Cascadian Building Maintenance used power-washers to give the wall a real, deep cleaning.
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Emily Crawford, a Pike Place spokeswoman, said it smells like a mixture of spearmint, watermelon and pink bubble gum, and it reminds her of how powerful the alley smells in the summertime, when the gum can be smelled from a block away.
An estimated one million pieces of gum will be removed, however, officials don't believe the clean wall will "stick around" very long.