Seattle's restored Black Lives Matter mural is an outlier

What's happening: The Black Lives Matter murals painted three years ago in New York, Charlotte and Atlanta are fading away, while Indianapolis and Austin removed their murals to make way for road work.

Zoom in: Seattle, by contrast, has taken steps to preserve its mural, which was painted on Pine Street in 2020 in the heart of what was the Capitol Hill Organized Protest.

• The city worked with some of the original artists to restore the mural last year, and has helped protect the artwork by rerouting parking onto the parking lanes around it.

Separately, Seattle established a permanent installation on the sidewalk in front of City Hall two years ago that reads, "Black Lives Matter" and "enough is enough."

• The city transportation department is in charge of maintaining that project.
• In a news release last year, city officials said they are similarly committed to maintaining the Capitol Hill mural "for years to come," calling it a "reminder of the importance and cultural significance of the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement."