Denver ads offer a portrait of homelessness

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Cultivator's billboards for the Denver Rescue Mission perform a difficult feat. Without resorting to crass sentimentality, they put a face (143 faces, actually) on homelessness, and cleverly illustrate that the problem won’t go away until these people have places to live. The faces of actual Denver-area homeless people initially form the word “Homeless” on the billboards. As weeks go by, the portraits will be removed, and the word “Home” will appear. It’s part of the

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