Gum Tree
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March 26th, 2007. 4th & South Streets. Philadelphia, PA.
This is one of several colorful 'gum trees' on the 300 block of South Street in Philly. This particular tree is in front of the Theater of Living Arts. I'm not sure when this tradition started but it seems that everyone who has ever chewed gum on that block deposited it on one of the trees because they are covered from top to bottom. It doesn't hurt the tree as far as I can tell and it is kind of a cool communal art installation.
Hey, it's better than on the bottom of your Birkenstocks...hippie.
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Galleries: All Photos, Favorites, Objects, Philadelphia, Color
Tags: tree, chewed, gum, philly, bubblegum, southstreet, colorful, philadelphia
Name:: marci
Wednesday, Oct 24th, 2007
oh my, that is very unique and colourful. is the whole trunk covered?
Name:: kasari
Wednesday, Oct 24th, 2007
yeah, essentially. I meant to write a little more about these this morning before I left the house but ran out of time...i'll do that now. :)
Name:: Cheryl
Wednesday, Nov 14th, 2007
I love the gum trees. Somewhere I have pics of this too.
