Gum Wall Clean, Stormy Weather and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang November 17, 2015
This house is clean. Last week our famous Gum Wall received an epic (and much talked about and talked about some more) steam cleaning, which took crews an estimated 130 hours to complete. According to a press release from Pike Place Market, the gum that was cleaned off the wall weighed 2,350 pounds (1.175 tons) and filled 94 gallon-sized buckets. As for the Gum Wall Snap! photo contest, the organization received more than 2,325 entries. The overall winner was Rayana White for this adorable and inventive submission:
On Saturday, November 14, Pike Place Market invited artists to take part in a paste-up art installation that would help “revitalize the artistic feel of Lower Post Alley,” according to the release. If you haven’t yet seen a time-lapse video of the Gum Wall cleaning festivities, check out all the action below.
It’s going to be a stormy one today, with wind gusts expected to top 50 mph and heavy rains throughout the region. KING 5 News has the full weather report here.
Planning to give a gift card this holiday season? Looks like the most popular ones are projected to be from two hometown companies. Geekwire reports on projections released from CardHub, a search engine for credit card products, which notes that Amazon gift cards are slated to take the number two most-gifted spot while Starbucks gift cards rank seventh.
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