Alley may be paved, or unpaved, and a blind alley is a cul-de-sac. Modern urban developments may also provide a service road to allow for waste collection, or rear access for fire engines and parking. Because of geography, steps (stairs) are the predominant form of alley in hilly cities and towns. This includes Quebec City in Canada and in the United States Pittsburgh (see Steps of Pittsburgh), Cincinnati (see Steps of Cincinnati), Minneapolis, Seattle, and San Francisco as well as Hong Kong, Genoa and Rome. Some alleys are roofed because they are within buildings, such as the traboules of Lyon, or
Georges Blind mostly in newspapers and magazines. Blind was posthumously promoted to sergeant of the French Forces of the Interior and was awarded the following decorations: Georges Blind Georges Blind (1904 – October 1944) was a French man who was a member of the French resistance during World War II. Blind was born in Belfort, France in 1904. In 1941, Blind became a member of the Resistance. He operated at night, between the territory of Belfort and Alsace, with ambulance paramedics and firefighters. They conveyed secretly members of the Resistance, those sought by the authorities, weapons, intelligence and clandestine newspapers. Blind was