The future of Chicago's viral "rat hole" is now in question after the years-old cement imprint gained national attention and became an overnight sensation. Chicago Ald. Scott Waguespack told NBC ...

CHICAGO — The "rat hole" is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark ... Georgina Ulrich, a neighbor, shot video of crews using a concrete saw, a forklift and finally a truck to remove the slab and ...

The Chicago "rat hole" was a rodent-shaped indentation in the concrete in front of a blond brick three-flat building at 1918 W. Roscoe St., between Wolcott and Damen avenues in Roscoe Village.

The rat hole, a complete outline of a rodent with claws and a tail, was impressed into a slab of sidewalk concrete in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago's North Side. Crews arrived at ...

Growing concerns from neighborhood residents have led a Chicago alderman to say that the city is considering replacing a concrete slab containing a "rat hole" that has captured national attention ...

The cement was obviously very wet for a rat to be able to land that deeply in it,' he told Book Club Chicago. 'It probably just landed and then was covered in cement and then crawled out.

Winslow Dumaine doesn't believe Chicago has seen the last of "the rat hole." The slab of concrete sidewalk with a rat-shaped imprint had become both a source of both pride and consternation for ...

Tourists are making "pilgrimages" to the city's newest rat-shaped landmark to see the viral sensation and bring it offerings. Everyone knows about Chicago's deep dish pizza, the Bean, the Willis ...

CHICAGO — The infamous Chicago Rat Hole — a rodent-shaped dent in Roscoe Village that recently became an off-beat tourist attraction — was filled in with cement and, once again, dug out by ...

Throughout January, people across Chicago ventured out to the neighborhood of Roscoe Village to stare at a sidewalk—and pay their respects to the impression of a rat indented in the concrete.

“Had to make a pilgrimage to the Chicago Rat Hole,” he wrote in a social media post this month, including a close-up photo of the concrete cutout. The post, which has since been viewed five ...

Much of the tourism surrounding the Rat Hole has since died down, neighbors said. Thursday morning, West Roscoe Street was quiet. Only a few pieces of litter surrounded the hole: ...