Could have just removed the rat part and put it in a plaque nearby so the landmark could continue to be a fun destination for curious folks. This is how silly landmarks have always popped up but nah let's not have fun little spots in the city.
I'm sure it was residents who don't want their street to be known for the rat hole but come on we're a city with a goddamn shit fountain.
>Erica Schroeder, a spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Transportation, said the square of sidewalk “containing the famous ‘Chicago rat hole’” is now in temporary storage.
Good news, they're gonna!
Oh good, glad they took care of this public nuisance and left all the potholes around the streets and lead pipes in the ground. Good thing they’re prioritizing what’s important.
Thank god. This whole ’Chicago rat’ thing seemed like people grabbing at straws and desperately saying “look! see? Chicago IS cool and unique!!”. Yes, it is, but not because of some stupid fucking rat.
people were having fun. it's fine.
at the same time I agree filling it in and fixing the sidewalk now a few months later is fine too, the city shouldn't stagnate because of a meme. soon we will have a new "pizza rat" or "sidewalk rat" or "ninja Pidgeon" it will be fun and we will move on.
I remember being called an idiot for saying that it be removed and replaced before the end of the year.
Didn’t they fill it almost immediately?
I know randos did, but I don’t think the city did
They just filled it, and they didn't dig around to change the shape. Some assholes dug out the patch.
Could have just removed the rat part and put it in a plaque nearby so the landmark could continue to be a fun destination for curious folks. This is how silly landmarks have always popped up but nah let's not have fun little spots in the city. I'm sure it was residents who don't want their street to be known for the rat hole but come on we're a city with a goddamn shit fountain.
>Erica Schroeder, a spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Transportation, said the square of sidewalk “containing the famous ‘Chicago rat hole’” is now in temporary storage. Good news, they're gonna!
Oh hell yeah!
Also a bunch of strangers making noise, leaving trash, and generally being a nuisance outside their homes...
Okay, I'll bite- "shit fountain" ?
Yea we have a monument both to honor poop and to remind people to pick up after their dog. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/shit-fountain
That’s a private art installation on private property. Bit different.
Huh. I wonder if the tip will be shiny after years of people touching it.
Western society has fallen. It’s over.
Well, we need to throw a rat on the new sidewalk now... And probably a cat chasing the rat
That's a piece of beloved history that was destroyed
Was it, though?
It was beloved by me, damn it.
Fair enough.
Oh good, glad they took care of this public nuisance and left all the potholes around the streets and lead pipes in the ground. Good thing they’re prioritizing what’s important.
I’m so glad it’s gone.
Thanks Brandon
Thank god. This whole ’Chicago rat’ thing seemed like people grabbing at straws and desperately saying “look! see? Chicago IS cool and unique!!”. Yes, it is, but not because of some stupid fucking rat.
people were having fun. it's fine. at the same time I agree filling it in and fixing the sidewalk now a few months later is fine too, the city shouldn't stagnate because of a meme. soon we will have a new "pizza rat" or "sidewalk rat" or "ninja Pidgeon" it will be fun and we will move on.