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(Q124289940)

English

Chicago rat hole

rat-shaped hole on a Chicago sidewalk

  • Chicago squirrel hole
  • Splat
  • Roscoe Road-dent
  • Dibs
  • Lil' Stucky
  • Splatatouille
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image
Original Photo of the Chicago Rat Hole from WinslowDumaine Tweet.jpg
3,024 × 4,032; 6.35 MB
media legend
An grianghraf ó Twitter a ghlac Dumaine, ag taispeáint an phoill. (Irish)
Photo originale du trou à rats de Chicago qui a déclenché sa viralité, prise par l'utilisateur de Twitter Winslow Dumaine. (French)
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location
Chicago Department of Transportation
reason for preferred rank
most recent value
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-rat-hole-removed/#:~:text=A%20spokesperson%20for%20the%20Chicago,the%20famous%20rat%20hole%20intact.
quotation
Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) says whatever is left of the rat hole is now with the Department of Transportation and is unsure of what they intend to do with it in the long run. (English)
publication date
25 April 2024
publisher
CBS News
language of work or name
English
coordinate location

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41°56'35.95560"N, 87°40'36.77160"W
reason for deprecated rank
obsolete
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significant event
repair
nature of statement
interim
start time
19 January 2024
end time
19 January 2024
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reference URL
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-chicago-rat-hole-is-no-longer-a-hole-it-appears-to-have-been-filled-in/3332440/
title
'Some vandal did this:' The Chicago 'rat hole' appears to have been filled in (English)
publication date
19 January 2024
language of work or name
English
retrieved
20 January 2024
author name string
Alexandria Fisher
Alex Shapiro
Francie Swidler • •
publisher
WMAQ-TV
removal
start time
24 April 2024
end time
24 April 2024
refine date
07:00
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reference URL
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-rat-hole-removed/#:~:text=A%20spokesperson%20for%20the%20Chicago,the%20famous%20rat%20hole%20intact.
quotation
But on Wednesday morning – a little over three months after it took Chicago by storm – the rat hole was gone. City crews removed and paved over the slab of concrete on which it was located, and others adjoining it. (English)
publication date
25 April 2024
publisher
CBS News
language of work or name
English
reference URL
https://abcnews.go.com/US/chicagos-famous-rat-hole-removed-preserved-neighborhood-sidewalk/story?id=109638877#:~:text=The%20rat%2Dsized%20imprint%20in%20Roscoe%20Village%20was%20removed%20Wednesday%20morning.&text=The%20famous%20rat%2Dsized%20dent%20in%20a%20Chicago%20sidewalk%20dubbed,the%20Chicago%20Department%20of%20Transportation.
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Crews arrived at the 1900 block of West Roscoe Street around 7:00 a.m. Wednesday morning and replaced several squares of sidewalk, including the portion that contained the imprint, CDOT spokesperson Erica Schroeder told ABC News. (English)
publication date
25 April 2024
publisher
ABC News
language of work or name
English
street address
1918 Sráid Roscoe Thiar 4047, Chicago (Irish)
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1918 rue de Roscoe-Ouest (French)
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hashtag
ChicagoRatHole
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icon
Silhouette of squirrel or rat.svg
1,200 × 1,200; 4 KB
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Commons category
Chicago rat hole
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Identifiers

Atlas Obscura ID
chicago-rat-hole
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reference URL
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chicago-rat-hole
title
Chicago Rat Hole - Atlas Obscura (English)
retrieved
1 February 2024
Know Your Meme ID
47946
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