Tourists and locals were converging on the site where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke and where protesters denounced the Vietnam War, just to catch a glimpse of the wayward sealant—or perhaps even a souvenir.

“Taking a piece of paint is like taking a piece of the Berlin Wall,” one cyclist passing by told me. “It’s a piece of history.”

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    17 hours ago

    The thing that professionals said would take years to complete took a couple of months instead…

    Who could of saw this coming?

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      I mean I’m sure it’s just embezzlement.

      14 million to the pool guy who half asses it did a couple million takes a couple million himself and kicks the rest back to Trump.