A prankster has added some stickers to signs to better represent the range of activities that go on on Shotwell Street, which is a designated Slow Street with city-installed signage.
The sticker replaces the image of a parent with children and stroller with images of sex workers, one leaning into a car and one leaning up against a lamppost. It's a cheeky reference to the fact that Shotwell Street has become, as it has been in years past, a magnet for the sex trade — having replaced Capp Street, which had been the nexus in this area of the Mission until the city installed full blockades around 20th and 21st streets last year to deter car-cruising, and conducted a crackdown that included arrests of johns.
The SFPD conducted a similar sting this past May on Shotwell Street, resulting in the arrests of 17 johns and 13 sex workers. But things haven't entirely quieted down.
The new signage is in the vein of those fake "stolen goods must remain under $950" signs that recently appeared in Union Square.
For reference, here are the signs as they previously appeared on Shotwell Street:
