Chicago Alley Cats Now Livin’ Green
26 12 2007
One of my favorite things about walking around Chicago is the network of alleyways the city has weaving through the city, very fun to duck through, often laden with treasures like discarded bedside tables and old record players.
Mayor Daley is now going through with his Green Alley initiative, where alleys will now be outfitted with environmentally sustainable material. Water will be able to penetrate the permeable concrete or porous asphalt, get filtered in the underground stone beds, and rejoin the underground water table or Lake Michigan rather than becoming polluted runoff.
Created from recycled materials, the green alleys will reflect heat (rather than absorbing it) in the summer and stay warmer in the winter, and the alleys will even be outfitted with new lighting to conserve energy. Congrats to Mayor Daley for helping Chicago get greener and greener!
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