Seattle’s Gum Wall lost 2,350 pounds of gum in a massive 2015 cleanup

By 2015, estimates suggested that around one million pieces of chewing gum had found their way onto the wall. Some landmarks are built with steel, stone or glass. Seattle has one made largely of something far less permanent: chewing gum. Tucked beneath the famous Pike Place Market, the Seattle Gum Wall has spent decades attracting curious visitors who come to stare, take photographs and, in many cases, add their own sticky contribution. What began as an impromptu habit among people waiting for a theater show eventually grew into one of the city’s strangest attractions. And despite a massive cleanup that stripped thousands of pounds of gum from the walls in 2015, the tradition did not disappear for long.Where to find Seattle's Gum WallThe Gum Wall sits along Post Alley, a pedestrian passage running beneath Pike Place Market and connecting the market area with the streets farther south toward Seattle’s waterfront and ferry terminals. Finding it from Pike Place Market is relatively easy. Look for the section where Pike Street bends and passes beneath the market. Post Alley is nearby, and once you turn into it, the brightly colored walls covered in layers of dried chewing gum are diffi...