What’s with all the gum on the wall?
Patrons standing in line for shows created the Gum Wall soon after Unexpected Productions moved into the Theater. Someone birthed it by sticking a penny to the wall. Soon the wall was covered with coins: alternative graffiti. Then some financially challenged person, it’s suspected, stripped off all the coins leaving only the gum. Now it has become a funky jumble of gum, coins, and various other designs. For years Pike Place Market PDA asked UP to clean the Gum Wall, but UP decided it’s now part of the Market’s history and has a certain charm; so the Gum Wall stayed. It’s a stop on Market tours and was mentioned in USA Today as one of the ten great places illustrating quirky Americana.
