Jun 15, 2016

In storefront shutters designed to keep people out, the Mexico City government saw opportunity to draw people in. Around the capital’s historic center, artists commissioned by the city have painted colorful, fanciful faces on once drab doors, which officials hope helps revitalize public spaces.

: Homeless people sleep Tuesday next to a mural painted as part of a program of the municipality that aims at rescuing public spaces of the historic center in Mexico City. The murals were made on shops’ metallic shutters. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man rides his bike and another one walks Tuesday past murals in Mexico City. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A pedestrian crosses a street Tuesday next to a mural painted as part of a program of the municipality that aims at rescuing public spaces of the historic center in Mexico City. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: Close up of one of the murals painted on metallic shutters in Mexico City. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A pedestrian walks his dog past murals commissioned by Mexico City in attempt to bring vitality back to public spaces in the municipality’s historic center. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A municipal employee sweeps Tuesday near one of the murals painted as part of a program to improve public spaces in Mexico City’s historic center. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pedestrians walk past murals Tuesday. The painting are part of a series aimed at rescuing public spaces in Mexico City’s historic center. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A municipal employee cleans the street Tuesday next to murals painted as part of a program of the municipality that aims at rescuing public spaces of the historic center in Mexico City.(YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: A pedestrian walks past a mural in Mexico City on Tuesday. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Modern murals battle blight in historic Mexico City

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