Alley public, although other commentators feel that the lack of alleys is a benefit to the quality of life of the city. Two notable alleys in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan are MacDougal Alley and Washington Mews. The latter is a blind alley or "cul-de-sac". Greenwich Village also has a number of private alleys that lead to back houses, which can only be accessed by residents, including Grove Court, Patchin Place and Milligan Place, blind alleys. Patchin Place is notable for the writers who lived there. Shubert Alley is a long pedestrian alley at the heart of the Broadway theater
The blind leading the blind in 1500 CE. Perhaps the most famous artistic depiction of the phrase is Pieter Bruegel's "The Blind Leading the Blind". Little is known about Bruegel's life, although he frequently depicted scenes of rustic life. The distemper on canvas painting was completed in 1568, and is currently in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. "The Blind Leading the Blind" is a poem by Pulitzer prize winning poet Lisel Mueller "Blind Leading the Blind" is a song by Lynsey de Paul. It was the 'B' side of her 1973 single, All Night. "Blind leading the blind" was a