Tiny homes have an appeal that might be hard to admit—either for living vicariously or for less respectful reasons, people want to watch other people live small.
The first tiny home village in Denver had become a kind tourist attraction or curiosity, according to an article by Tom McGhee, until a new privacy fence was installed around the area.
"60 volunteers wove colored slats through the 400 feet of chain-link fence that surrounds the Beloved Community Village at the corner of 38th and Walnut streets," reports McGhee, ending the "fishbowl" experience of the formerly homeless residents living there.
According to residents of the village, there were occasionally as many as ten people a day stopping to take pictures. "Residents reached out to the RiNo Art District and requested a creative solution to the lack of privacy for villagers, and the district responded with a plan to obscure the view with a riot of color," according to McGhee.
The article includes more details about the construction of the fence, the volunteer support that made the project possible, and more about the village's position in the surrounding community.
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