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.
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