Artist? Vandal? Reading advocate?
It’s not clear who hacked this portable downtown Los Angeles road sign, only that the vandalism in question was spotted last night in the Bunker Hill neighborhood.
Hat-tip to L.A. Weekly contributor Daina Beth Solomon who snapped a photo of the LED sign last night.
Embedded tweets below show the hacked sign from a few angles.
[UPDATED: Per a follow-up report from the Weekly, the company that owns the sign, Traffic Management Incorporated, as well as a spokesperson for the L.A. Department of transportation both acknowledged the sign was hacked]
Need a New Year resolution, maybe? "Read a f'n book" says #DTLA electronic street sign pic.twitter.com/3iJhOsDg3X
— Daina Beth Solomon (@dainabethcita) January 9, 2015
@mydayinla Great evening with wife and daughters downtown LA. Curious sign on S. Hope St #ReadAFuckingBook pic.twitter.com/OXCjKEbgNt
— Tim Hofer (@Tim_Hofer) January 9, 2015
New literacy initiative brought to you by #LADOT pic.twitter.com/IafYZfiMrc
— carolineoconnor (@carolineoconnor) January 9, 2015
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