Mayor Vince Gray today celebrated the end of a year-long project to install 1,360 LED lights in D.C. alleys.

Seventy years ago, almost 10,000 people lived in the alleyways of Southwest D.C. Thanks to the website Alley Connoisseur, we can see what life was like in those conditions.

Photo by Amberture A crucial update from the District Department of Public Works: not only are both trash and recycling collections back to their regular schedules this week, but alley collection has actually resumed today as well. Over the weekend, the department decreed that most alleys were still not passable, and asked residents to continue to place their refuse at the curb, but this afternoon, spokesperson Linda Grant let it be known that thanks…