New Public Mural Unveiled at Cloverbrook Green Honors Baltimore Legend George “Spider” Anderson

Baltimore, MD – The Walls Project and The NHP Foundation are proud to announce the completion of a new public mural at Cloverbrook Green, an affordable housing community in the heart of Park Heights. Created by celebrated visual storyteller Latoya Peoples, the mural is a bold and vibrant tribute to local hero George “Spider” Anderson, the first Black jockey to win the Preakness Stakes in 1889.

Unveiled this week, the mural transforms the exterior of the Cloverbrook Green community building into a larger-than-life celebration of Park Heights’ enduring legacy and cultural pride. Through vivid colors, layered symbolism, and a contemporary lens on historical portraiture, Latoya Peoples breathes new life into Anderson’s story, honoring not only his barrier-breaking victory but also the generations of Black excellence that define the neighborhood.

“The story of George ‘Spider’ Anderson is Baltimore history, Black history, and American sports history,” said Morgan Udoh, Director of Public Art at The Walls Project. “It’s an honor to create something that places his legacy where it belongs, right in the heart of his community.”

This mural is part of a larger placemaking initiative led by The NHP Foundation with The Walls Project to amplify community identity and honor untold histories across Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Cloverbrook Green, located just blocks from Pimlico Race Course, sits at the crossroads of past and present, offering affordable homes in a community rich with heritage and possibility.

Residents, community leaders, and elected officials gathered at the unveiling to celebrate this powerful addition to Park Heights’ landscape, a reminder that history lives not just in books and archives, but on the walls of the very communities it shaped.