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Chicago’s infamous sidewalk ‘rat hole’ removed by officials (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX to c/interestingshare

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City officials made the decision after saying the sidewalk in Roscoe Village was damaged and needed to be replaced

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I might be misremembering, I think they did this already and someone dug it back out?

[–] BrikoX 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In January, someone filled in the rat hole with a material resembling white plaster, although the impression was quickly dug out by fans, the Chicago Tribune reported at the time.

Now city removed the whole section that contained the hole.

Georgina Ulrich, a neighbour, shot video of crews using a concrete saw, a forklift and finally a truck to remove the slab and drive it away.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

The rat hole has not been destroyed it has simply been stolen by the local authorities!

I hope this means it's going to end up in a museum

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Guess there's a lot of interesting stuff going on in Chicago...