Window Wraps Are Giving Small Dying Oklahoma Downtowns A Facelift

There are countless small towns across Oklahoma that have seen better days. The once-thriving downtown areas have given way to modern trends. Merchants have to compete with bigger stores, new generations are moving away from family businesses, and old buildings are falling apart when nobody is left to care for the upkeep.

The Main Street that runs through these small towns is becoming less charming and more of an eye sore until this new trend started popping up.

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In the last few years, in a very few handful of small Oklahoma towns, I've noticed that people are putting up window wraps that have photo-realistic prints on them that harken back to the glory days of small-town life in Oklahoma.

So instead of driving through town looking at a mess like this...

These films can show onlookers a glimpse back into a building's prime like this...

It's insanely cool and looks great backlit at night. Let's hope this catches on. Honestly, I'd bet you can think of at least one downtown area that could use a little shot of confidence and pride again.

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