Issue 2, 2017

2017 ISSUE 2 esign interloc ® dayton | FEATURE STORY By David R. Smith A REVISITING A 31-YEAR-OLD ICP STREET 16 s the birthplace of aviation and key manufacturing industries, Dayton, Ohio (2013 pop. 143,355) is also the birthplace of the first machine-assisted municipal street with interlocking concrete pavement. Built in November 1985, the repaving project likely never generated much cocktail chatter among Dayton’s historical society, but it was part of the city’s multimillion-dollar investment to help revitalize several historic districts. The city supported millions in private investment by urban pioneers during the 1970s and 1980s. Such funding renewed vintage late-1800s homes and brought physical and social stability to old neighborhoods. Concrete pavers are one way to a longer lasting street. InterlockDesign.org