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In September 1993, Denyse Klette painted a mural of children’s smiling faces on the side of the Broadway Roastery building at the north end of Broadway Avenue.

After more than 25 years, that mural will soon be covered up by new construction.

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“I don’t think there’s any way of saving it,” Klette said. “You can’t stop progress.”

A condo building is set to be built in the lot next to the Broadway Roastery, which means that Klette’s painstaking work — more than three weeks with an assistant during that cold September — will no longer be visible to people walking or driving along the avenue.

It’s a sudden end for the 29-foot by 12-foot mural entitled So Much to Discover. Last year, Klette wrote a Facebook post reminiscing about the 25 years the mural has been up, not knowing its days were numbered.

Since then, she’s put another message on social media lamenting that the mural won’t last. The response has been absolutely “heartwarming,” she said.