Between the plane trees on Nijmegen's Paul Krugerstraat, you imagine yourself in another world. A remarkable neighborhood was built here in the 1950s. On the then outskirts of the city, the Amsterdam architects Evers & Sarlemijn designed an urban residential neighborhood with a Mediterranean atmosphere: the Afrika and Bouwmeester neighborhoods. These neighborhoods offered different types of housing for each stage of life. Porch apartments and communal laundry facilities were new phenomena at a time of great housing shortage. The robust architecture with gates, columns and narrow windows was also talked-about. The brick-cast optimism of the 1950s was slowly losing its luster. Half a century later, the composition of the population had changed, the living comforts were outdated and the public spaces were worn out. Demolition hung in the air. This was the beginning of a successful consultation process between housing corporation Portaal, the municipality of Nijmegen and the residents. A process that led to the status of protected cityscape, redesigned streets and squares and a revitalization project that received the 2010 Architecture Award from the municipality of Nijmegen. The Beauty of the Everyday addresses the genesis and monumental characteristics of this neighborhood, as well as the process followed and the creative design solutions.