Depave Chicago Media

Talks & Interviews

People want answers to the problems of flooding and heat, and depaving is part of that!
— Mary Pat McGuire

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, WBEZ-Chicago

"Chicago was drenched this past weekend and many Chicagoans are dealing flooded basements and water damage" 9/21/2022 Listen to the whole report or jump to time stamp: 28:41- 35:53

WBEZ-Chicago, Reset!

Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki

“On Sunday’s show, we look at a movement to undo some of the harm that “progress” has caused by laying down millions of miles of concrete and asphalt across the county.” 6/12/2022

The segment with Mary Pat and Katya Reyna starts as time stamp: 17:31 

Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki

Mike Nowak says it best… “UNPAVE 50%!....”

Friends of the Parks: NETSCH re:design lecture series

“Depave Chicago: design approach and program to renature paved ground in communities.

8/9/2022

NETSCH Lecture, on You Tube
If we don’t change the way we design the ground plane, won’t be able to live with water as part of our urban environment.
— Mary Pat McGuire

Streetsblog USA - Talking Heads Podcast

“What We Can Do To Depave Cities”
Interview & discussion with Jeff Wood
”This week on the podcast we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. Mary Pat talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental impacts of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.”

9/30/2021

Streetsblog USA Podcast
Pavement is the headwaters to an urban watershed.
— Mary Pat McGuire