- Chicago, one of the cities included in the running, launched a massive cleanup effort in anticipation of Amazon's visit to scope out proposed sites.
- This has backfired after the city accidentally removed a graffiti done by a renowned artist.
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Chicago's attempt to impress Amazon backfired after it destroyed a 'priceless' graffiti artwork in HQ2 bid clean-up
The city accidentally removed a mural from a famous graffiti artist.
The race for HQ2 is on.
In anticipation of Amazon's visit to scope out its proposed sites for HQ2 last week, Chicago ramped up efforts to make the city look presentable.
According to the, city records showed that there was a massive spike in the removal of graffitis near the proposed sites, in the run-up to Amazon's visit.
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Cleanup efforts also spiked near to other proposed areas such as , where 223 graffiti jobs were
The founder of Cards of Humanity, which has offices in Chicago, across the river from Lincoln Yards, was furious to find out that a graffiti artwork on its building, which was done by French street artist accidentally removed in the cleanup.
"The city of Chicago destroyed the priceless Blek le Rat paste up on our private property this morning! Very cool," founder
11 out of 15 of the US's dirtiest cities are in the running for HQ2, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Miami.
These cities have not yet confirmed what it being done to clean up in preparation.
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Read more about their proposals here.
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