The March 2, 1971, [Lansing] State Journal, brings us an article with the wonderful headline, “If Sidewalks Must Be – Let Them Be Green”:

South Whitehills residents who have been opposed to sidewalks in their neighborhood since the city ordered them installed two years ago offered a counter-proposal to city council Monday night calling for fewer sidewaks and asking that they be made of green concrete. [. . .] “It’s being done, you know green sidewalks are being made,” remarked Lester Turner, attorney for the Whitehills residents, when council members greeted his green sidewalk proposition with stares.

Whitehills is a subdivision in East Lansing. I tried to do a Google search to find pictures of what, exactly, a green sidewalk looks like, but it was confounded by all the results being about eco-friendly sidewalks rather than sidewalks made of literally green concrete.

I’m not familiar with Whitehills, but the street they were especially opposed to having sidewalks installed on, Whitehills Drive, does currently have sidewalks installed on both sides according to Google Street View, so evidently they lost the battle sooner or later. I find it nearly impossible to get into the headspace of someone who is so opposed to having sidewalks installed in their neighborhood that they would take the matter to court, but that’s why I’m the one writing this blog.