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For cities that buried their creeks, an urban solution to remove pollutants from rainy roads   They buried the creek under St. George Street to make room for roads and houses.   Little waterways like it, fed by rainwater, were once everywhere in Vancouver, flowing down the slopes into False Creek, English Bay, Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River. Over 50 of them spawned salmon.   Over a century ago, as the city developed, all but a few of these creeks and streams have been piped and culverted, hidden underground.   But if you’re at the intersection of St. George and Sixth Avenue in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant, walk over to the manhole. You can hear it better in the winter, but even in the summer, the sound is unmistakable: running water ... CLICK HERE for the full story