OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gone is the familiar sight of banners plastered on the side of towering grain elevator silos along eastbound Interstate 80 in Omaha.

The art ranged from geometric shapes to graphic designs of bacon and corn. In all, 26 banners covered the upper portions of the silos.

Workers from Davis Erection removed the banners this week.

The “Stored Potential” banners were a project of Emerging Terrain, a community development nonprofit that no longer operates in Omaha.

Emerging Terrain founder Ann Trumble, of Los Angeles, says the “Stored Potential” project, begun in 2010, was always meant to be temporary. She says the artists who designed the banners have already spoken for them, and some of the artists have other plans for their use.