Mark Chalkley, who keeps an eye on such things, says some of Baltimore's cityscape murals have been painted over. These were at Wells and Hanover, in South Baltimore as you come past Port Covington and under the I-95 South overpass. I can't say that I ever noticed them. But Chalkley has photos -- and good thing, since the murals are now gone.

"In case you hadn't seen them," Chalkley says, "for about 4 years, the walls of a nondescript building at Wells and Hanover were decorated with a sort of mysterious but very beautifully painted large-scale mural about some immigrant story. There were scenes from the life of some Eastern  European immigrants, done in very bold strokes. Why there, I'm not sure, but they did something for that otherwise bleak corner of the city.

 "About May 6, coming back into the city from Anne Arundel County,  I noticed they were gone--painted over with a heavy brown paint. The building is now labelled 'Bumper Globes of Federal Hill,' whatever that means. I assume it's a business. I am sorry that the trade in bumper globes, whatever they are, required these people to paint over a unique artwork.