Alley

An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path or walk in a park or garden.

A covered alley or passageway, often with shops, may be called an arcade. The origin of the word alley is late Middle English, from Old French: alee "walking or passage", from aler "go", from Latin: ambulare "to walk".

Definition

The word alley is used in two main ways:

  • (1) It can refer to a narrow, usually paved, pedestrian path, often between the walls of buildings in towns and cities. This type is usually short and straight, and on steep ground can consist partially or entirely of steps.
  • (2) It is also describes a very narrow, urban street, or lane, usually paved, which is often used by slow-moving vehicles, though more pedestrian-friendly than a regular street. There are two versions of this kind of alley:
    • (a) A rear access or service road (back lane), which can also sometimes act as part a secondary vehicular network. Many Americans and Canadians think of an alley in these terms first.
    • (b) A narrow street between the fronts of houses or businesses. This type of alley is found in the older parts of many cities, including American cities like Philadelphia and Boston (see Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Many are open to traffic.
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    Alley (surname)

    Alley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Allen Alley (born 1954), American businessman and politician
  • Candice Alley (born 1982), Australian singer-songwriter
  • Carroll Alley, American physicist
  • Don Alley (born 1945), American football player
  • Elizabeth Alley (1955–2013), American actress
  • Gene Alley (born 1940), American baseball player
  • Henry Alley (born 1945), American writer
  • Kim Alley, American modeling agent
  • Kirstie Alley (born 1951), American actress and comedian
  • Lindsey Alley (born 1977), American actress and singer
  • Louise Alley (1927-2015), American radio personality and advertising executive
  • Richard Alley (born 1957), American geologist
  • Rick Alley, American poet
  • Steve Alley (born 1953), American ice hockey player
  • T. W. Alley (born c. 1942), American football player and coach
  • Zeb Alley (1928–2013), American lawyer, lobbyist, and politician
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    Alley

    by: Porter Wagoner

    Down in the alley alley so low down where the red wine and the tears flow
    Frail bodies shiver as the wind blows down in the alley where broken men go
    Some talk of children a wife and a home they tell their stories of how life went wrong
    They turn to the bottle for comfort to find down in the alley they live for the wine
    Down in the alley...
    Some tell of success and how close they came to opening the doors to riches and fame
    How failure each doubt at the height of it all
    Down in the alley where hopes and dream fall
    No matter how different he stories they tell they all have in common a livin' hell
    Their future holds more wine more sorrow and dread
    Down in the alley of the livin' dead
    Down in the alley...




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