Melt With You

On the first day of summer in 2005, Snapple sought to break a Guinness World Record by erecting a 25-foot, 35,000-pound tower of flavored ice in Union Square. The kiwi-strawberry pillar was to be the world’s largest Popsicle. If only the sun had cooperated.

The massive frozen block, shipped from New Jersey, had barely been raised before it started to liquefy into a pink ooze that spilled out onto the street. The police closed off the surrounding thoroughfares. The Fire Department arrived to hose away the sticky goo.

Tom Wright-Piersanti

