Vacant-House Fakery Reborn as Cleveland to Camden Combat Blight

A man sits on stairs on the street in front of an abandoned home in Camden, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, June 23, 2014. Artist Chris Toepfer, founder of the Neighborhood Foundation, and a team of Camden residents are beautifying the exterior of some abandoned properties in Camden. Urban fakery is spreading in U.S. cities where the recession's wave of foreclosures added to decades-long decay. If the technique that Toepfer calls aesthetic board-up is a stopgap, itís a cheap one, costing just $500 to $1,000 per property, a fraction of demolition costs. Photographer: Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images