“It’s weird how there is one of these in each neighborhood. When we used to live in Carroll Gardens on Henry Street, the local sign ripper was a mustachioed retiree from one of the social clubs with a vague resemblance to Teddy Roosevelt. I remember staring him down so much that he didn’t rip down ones for ours (not that I’m an intimidating presence), but I always wondered what the motivation was. Some sort of mental compulsion, a political message against those gentrifiers, or what… but it would make for an interesting news piece I guess.”–Slope Stoop Sale Sign Ripper Continues His Work