Visit examples of permeable hardscaping near you...
EXAMPLES WITHIN THE WATERSHED

Dominican University
West Parking Lot, 7900 W. Division St., River Forest, IL
The nearly 150,000 square foot West Parking Lot is made of permeable pavers. The pavers were installed to off-set additional stormwater runoff created by a building expansion effort.

 
Photo by Alison Cook.

 
Ryerson Woods Conservation Area Welcome Center
21950 N. Riverwoods Rd., Deerfield, IL
The Welcome Center parking lot is made of porous asphalt. The photo at right was taken on UDPREP's 2006 watershed tour. Participants watched as water from a hose soaked into the porous asphalt.

Visit the Welcome Center web site.

 
 
Photo by Alison Cook

 

Prospect Heights Park District
Administration Building, 401 E. Camp McDonald Rd. Prospect Heights, IL
This approximately 15' x 50' permeable pavement area (pictured at left) expands the existing parking lot. Visit the site in mid-summer to see how the grass inside the paver spaces allows the parking area to blend in with the surrounding green space.

 

 

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EXAMPLES OUTSIDE OF THE WATERSHED

Private Residence
168 Elm Ave., Elmhurst, IL
Marcus de la Fleur of the Conservation Design Forum has transformed his home into a virtual watershed friendly landscaping demonstration site. Hardscaping elements include porous pavement walkways and a gravel grass driveway.

Learn more on Mr. de la Fleur's web site.

Photo by Alison Cook

 

 

Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center
2400 Compass Road, Glenview, IL
The parking spaces on Compass Road just outside the Center (parallel to the building) are made of permeable pavers (pictured at left).

Visit the Tyner Center web site.

 

 
 
Photo credit: Morton Arboretum

 
 
The Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL
The Arboretum parking lot combines several watershed friendly features including permeable paving blocks, a bioswale, and a constructed wetland (pictured at right).

Visit the Arboretum web site for more information.

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