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Chicago Unveils the “Greenest Street in America” with Permeable, Smog-Eating Pavement

10/13/2012
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  • Cermak Road Chicago
    Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on "the greenest street in America," a two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. In addition to new pedestrian and bicycle features, the innovative new street surface will filter stormwater, helping to prevent the city's combined sewers from overflowing. Most impressive of all, the cement used to pave the street cleans the surface of the roadway and removes pollution from the air....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chicago-unveils-the-greenest-street-in-america-with-permeable-smog-eating-pavement/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Cermak Road Chicago
    Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on "the greenest street in America," a two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. In addition to new pedestrian and bicycle features, the innovative new street surface will filter stormwater, helping to prevent the city's combined sewers from overflowing. Most impressive of all, the cement used to pave the street cleans the surface of the roadway and removes pollution from the air....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chicago-unveils-the-greenest-street-in-america-with-permeable-smog-eating-pavement/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Chicago green alley
    Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on "the greenest street in America," a two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. In addition to new pedestrian and bicycle features, the innovative new street surface will filter stormwater, helping to prevent the city's combined sewers from overflowing. Most impressive of all, the cement used to pave the street cleans the surface of the roadway and removes pollution from the air....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/chicago-unveils-the-greenest-street-in-america-with-permeable-smog-eating-pavement/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Cermak Road Chicago

Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on "the greenest street in America," a two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue in the city's Pilsen neighborhood. In addition to new pedestrian and bicycle features, the innovative new street surface will filter stormwater, helping to prevent the city's combined sewers from overflowing. Most impressive of all, the cement used to pave the street cleans the surface of the roadway and removes pollution from the air....

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