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Portland International Airport’s 30-year-old carpet has become a celebrity. Image by Richard Eriksson / CC BY 2.0
Visitors and locals lined up inside Portland International Airport to have their photos taken with an odd celebrity – a piece of nearly-30-year-old carpet.
Ever since Oregonians learned that the famous teal carpeting at the airport known as PDX was being torn up, the floor covering has become an online superstar. More than 40,000 “foot selfies” – photos people took of their feet on the carpet – were plastered across Instagram.
Demand for actual bits of the carpet has been so high that airport officials are giving four local vendors 1,000 square yards each to incorporate into items. Airport authorities said the process to replace the carpet was well under way before they realised how popular it was.
(Press Association)
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