Somewhere along the way, alleys picked up a bad reputation. “Don’t get caught in a dark alley,” is a saying many can picture in their mind as a thing to avoid, having a clandestine, shady, or even dangerous aspect. They have been around for a long time and their history has something to do with this dark view of this utilitarian and useful passageway.
From the Chinese Zhou dynasty to the ancient Greece, many other cultures incorporated…
