[Lincolnparkdc] Please help us find person defacing our Little Free Library

[Cindy F]

These stickers, sometimes called “slaps,” are a form of free art—a gift
from an aspiring artist. Maybe provide an alternate sacrificial surface.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 7:14 AM arabella kohlmeyer <bellak234 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sharon,
> I’m sorry this is happening. I visit your library often while out walking
> my dog. Have You tried Bestine. It’s a solvent that melts adhesive. It’s
> pretty safe on everything I use it on.
> I have some if you want to try a test.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Feb 13, 2023, at 12:05 AM, Sharon Swingle <sswingle100 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hey neighbors - as many of you know, we've been hosting one of the
> neighborhood little free libraries for a lot of years.  We're so grateful
> for people who add books and also work hard to curate and mix so that there
> is usually a nice selection.
> >
> > Unfortunately, we've had two instances in this past week of someone
> vandalizing the library.  A week ago, we had someone leave a very large
> sticker with writing on it on the glass front of the box.  We were able
> with considerable work to get it off without damaging our library, which
> was a treasured gift from a family member who made the stained glass for us
> but isn't around to fix it.  Apparently, today that the same person came
> back and left us two stickers, just to double the fun.
> >
> > Whoever it is seems to have access to postal service priority stickers
> and pretty distinctive  handwriting.  I get that teenagers have high
> spirits (having raised mine on this block), but I'm super-sad to see this
> and would really appreciate any help in getting this stopped.  We spent
> about an hour a week ago trying to get the single sticker off without
> scratching the stained glass, and this new set of stickers covers the whole
> thing and I am literally beside myself how to go about getting it off
> without damage.
> >
> > Thanks much
> > <IMG_1213.JPG>
> >
> > Sharon (and Frank), East Capitol & Kentucky Ave.
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