Retrofitting First-Tier Suburbs

"The small house at 320 East 104th Place is about the closest Northglenn comes to a historic building -- and that's precisely why Bill Sullivan wants to tear it apart."

Sullivan is director of the Northglenn Neighborhood Development Corporation, a non-profit group "established by the Northglenn City Council in 2004 with a goal of encouraging residents to enlarge their existing homes with add-ons and pop-tops."

"Once, in the age of Ozzie and Harriet, the single-story, 820-square foot, two-bedroom 'Matchless' model was an emblem of upward mobility and consumer bliss. Now, almost fifty years later, Sullivan walks through the back yard, where construction crews recently completed the foundations for the enlarged kitchen, master suite, family room and garage that will be added to the original structure."