What Happens To Obsolete Street Signs on Hicks Street

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When street signs become weathered and unreadable, do they get absorbed by the trees that served as posts? That would seem to be the case with this tree on Hicks Street.
The bark of the tree has already grown over the top edge of what seems to be a "Curb your dog sign." Strange, no?

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