One-Day Facelift Enlivens Neglected US Community

DENVER, Colorado — When communities work to improve run-down neighborhoods, they often rely on architects’ drawings and written documents to describe the changes they propose to residents. But a non-profit organization uses one-day facelifts to show the public a full-scale, working model of planned improvements for neglected streets with big upgrade potential.  Temporary transformation That's how an older, mostly unoccupied commercial district near downtown Denver, Colorado, came ...