Signs advertising garage sales and companies claiming “We Buy Ugly Houses” are common sights for drivers heading through the Brooksmith neighborhood on the eastern edge of the Heights. But on Tuesday morning they were treated to a different sort of DIY marketing. Sometime overnight, a hand-painted sign was posted on a telephone pole on W. Cavalcade near I-45 pointing the way to “crack 4 sale” just east of 45. And, according to the sign, this crack is available 24 hours a day without any fear of H.P.D. interference.

Either these are some very motivated and brazen drug dealers or the sign, which certainly has an ironic tone, is the work of a frustrated resident in the area.

– Andy Olin

