Kalorama and Champlain Mural Transformation

A reader writes:

“Not sure if this has been published already, but found this cool graffiti at the corner of Kalorama and Champlain St, NW.”

Link is to what the graffiti used to look like:

We admired this mural back in Oct. 2011 but it’s super cool to compare it to the before photo. You can also see some close ups of what it used to look like, here.