In Fort Wayne, Ind., for instance, the city fathers are pondering just this scenario?EUR??,,????'??+what to do with about three miles of brick streets that need work.

On Wilt Street, to rebuilt a 280 ft. stretch with recycled brick cost about $137,000, three times more than conventional paving, a price tag that probably would have nixed the new hardscape if not for the $64,000 in economic development tax revenues that went to the project.

Although there are large historic homes in the city, Wilt Street is comprised of small wood and brick homes built in the 1870s, homes to working-class people who earned their living with the Wabash-Erie Canal, the railroads and other industrial enterprises. Today, Wilt Street is surrounded by factories.