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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 3: Workers remove the Nike LeBron James banner from the Sherwin-Williams building near Quicken Loans Arena on July 3, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 3: Workers remove the Nike LeBron James banner from the Sherwin-Williams building near Quicken Loans Arena on July 3, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)Jason Miller/Getty Images

Cleveland's LeBron James Mural to Be Replaced by 'Guardian of Traffic' Collage

Kyle Newport
Sep 7, 2018

With LeBron James now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, there is a building in downtown Cleveland in need of a new look—and it's getting one.

According to WKYC, the city of Cleveland Planning Commission released its designs for a new banner that will pay tribute to The Land:

As Cleveland Magazine's Erick Trickey detailed in July 2009, the "guardian of traffic" is symbolic of Cleveland's Lorain-Carnegie Bridge. 

This decision must come as a tough blow for Cleveland Browns receiver Jarvis Landry, whose brother was looking into getting a banner of the Pro Bowler put up in James' place, per ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill.

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