Chicago's infamous Rat Hole is... no more?! UPDATE

UPDATE: The Chicago Rat Hole LIVES to fight another day!! Cheers to some fast acting heroes who dug out the plaster/cement substance before it set.

Chicago Rat Hole update: IT LIVES to fight another day 🐀🕳️💗
Can we get some security posted up in Roscoe?! <3 @laurenoneil pic.twitter.com/kwZySisEGm
— Q101 (@Q101Chicago) January 19, 2024

Good news @RepAnnWilliams: Rat Hole lives! Please let your constituents know. https://t.co/MZNGzkwDpK via @BlockClubCHI https://t.co/o8fQ7oEqR2 pic.twitter.com/ynufs559dk
— Alex V Hernandez (@AVHndz) January 19, 2024

At my kid’s doctor’s appointment…
“Oh, they dug the rat hole back out. Have you heard about the rat hole?”
Pediatrician: “….no” pic.twitter.com/ddGkJvLH7z
— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) January 19, 2024

(previously)

WHO FILLED THE HOLE?! Not two days after I submitted the Chicago Rat Hole as a cultural landmark on Google maps

I just submitted the Chicago Rat Hole as a cultural landmark on Google maps… you can even see it if you zoom in on their street picture! <3 @laurenoneil #ChicagoRatHole pic.twitter.com/wrp2rnTHYl
— Q101 (@Q101Chicago) January 17, 2024

some jagoff has done the unthinkable… they filled the hole.

One day after a shrine is set up, the Chicago 'rat hole' appears to be filled in https://t.co/CiuoeHvpPW
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) January 19, 2024

WE ARE NOT HAPPY

Someone filled in the Rat Hole and why the hell would you fill in the Rat Hole https://t.co/mLCRkqBBZb
— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) January 19, 2024

"Who did this?" one citizen exclaimed. Another added that they had planned to bring the rat hole an offering, and were sad to find it hand been defaced https://t.co/U1IrIQTc3t
— Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) January 19, 2024

SOME BASTARD FILLED IN THE RAT HOLE 😭https://t.co/4MsgJmOpg5
— Kelley Greene 🐀 (@kelleygreene) January 19, 2024

So it was definitely some crank neighbor that filled in the rat hole right
— ravenswood revanchist (@alopex_ii) January 19, 2024

RIP RAT HOLE. I MISS YOU EVERYDAY pic.twitter.com/qbUrsuaxAv
— beer person (@CantEverDie) January 19, 2024

RIP

The real rat hole was the friends we made along the way https://t.co/ip3I4Zdc2O
— Tyrone (@TheTyronePalmer) January 19, 2024

Do not let this break your spirits. The Rat Hole inspired the world. The Rat Hole instilled wonder and warmth in so many. This isn't the end of the Rat Hole because the Chicago Rat Hole is inside us all.

Remember: The more you take away from a hole, the bigger it gets. https://t.co/ms9jvadAx0
— Gatorade Should Be Thicker. (@WinslowDumaine) January 19, 2024