The Return of Ikea's "We Are Preservationists" Sign in Red Hook

A couple of weeks ago, we wondered what had happened to Ikea's sign promoting the retailer's role in preserving Red Hook history by documenting remnants of a Graving Dock filled in the 1970s, while a few yards away, it fills in the waterfront's last surviving Graving Dock for parking. The sign disappeared, leading to some neighborhood speculation about what had happened to it.

We can report that it's back, and has been relocated to a place closer to the entrance. It is now secured by nailed strips of wood. (You can find your way to a readable image of the sign if you go to one of our earlier posts about it.) All of which leads us to conclude that the Pissed Off Red Hooker Ripping It Down Theory was probably the correct one to explain its disappearance. So, how many people will hear, "Hey, what you doing over there?" shouted at them by site security guards when they walk up to read the sign or photograph it?

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