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Title: Gum walls
Post by: bandit957 on July 31, 2020, 07:22:37 PM
Have you ever been to a gum wall?

On Wednesday, I visited the gum wall in Greenville, Ohio.
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: ozarkman417 on July 31, 2020, 07:26:41 PM
There's a big one in Seattle. I lost my picture of it, but it's the only one I've been to and probably the biggest I will ever go to.

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Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: Rothman on July 31, 2020, 09:26:52 PM
Yep, the one in Seattle.  Yuk.
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 12:42:32 AM
What's a gum wall?
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: STLmapboy on August 01, 2020, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 12:42:32 AM
What's a gum wall?

A wall where people stick gum, as implied by the name. Some people think it's "artsy" but I just think it looks like shit. My thoughts on graffiti are similar (way too many people in my generation think it's cool).
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 01:57:54 AM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 01, 2020, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 12:42:32 AM
What's a gum wall?

A wall where people stick gum, as implied by the name. Some people think it's "artsy" but I just think it looks like shit. My thoughts on graffiti are similar (way too many people in my generation think it's cool).
That's so gross
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: Bruce on August 01, 2020, 03:31:58 AM
The Seattle gum wall was cleaned off in 2015 due to the bricks eroding from the sugar in the gum.

It's since rebounded:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Gum_wall%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-09-02%2C_DD_19-21_HDR.jpg/1280px-Gum_wall%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-09-02%2C_DD_19-21_HDR.jpg)

Here's a picture I got of the cleanup:

(https://i.imgur.com/fT0K6iJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 10:39:06 AM
Quote from: Bruce on August 01, 2020, 03:31:58 AM
The Seattle gum wall was cleaned off in 2015 due to the bricks eroding from the sugar in the gum.

It's since rebounded:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Gum_wall%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-09-02%2C_DD_19-21_HDR.jpg/1280px-Gum_wall%2C_Seattle%2C_Washington%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2017-09-02%2C_DD_19-21_HDR.jpg)

Here's a picture I got of the cleanup:

(https://i.imgur.com/fT0K6iJ.jpg)
Tryphobia warning!
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: SectorZ on August 01, 2020, 12:34:43 PM
The wall in Canobie Lake Park (Salem NH) next to the line for the Yankee Cannonball roller coaster always turns into a gum wall, and has back to the 80's.
Title: Re: Gum walls
Post by: renegade on August 01, 2020, 04:38:33 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 01:57:54 AM
Quote from: STLmapboy on August 01, 2020, 01:15:08 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on August 01, 2020, 12:42:32 AM
What's a gum wall?

A wall where people stick gum, as implied by the name. Some people think it's "artsy" but I just think it looks like shit. My thoughts on graffiti are similar (way too many people in my generation think it's cool).
That's so gross
So is a booger wall.