Just Add Color

Urban landscapes repeatedly transition through a cycle of viability, decay, and regeneration. They reflect the city’s quality of life and its community values. The beautification of collective spaces blooms during times of vitality through murals, protected green spaces, public art, and other creative placemaking. Just Add Color represents the perspective of a city in transition—a city on the edge of change. The addition of color represents the effect of creative revitalization efforts. Turned on its axis, however, Just Add Color also mimics rain washing the color away, revealing the grittiness, darkness, and desperation of a space on the edge of urban decay.