Has everyone noticed just how trashy long stretches of Vancouver’s back alleys have become in the past few years? My day-to-day experience is throughout Kitsilano, Fairview, South Vancouver ...

My last post detailing the growing blight of mattresses and other trash left to rot in Vancouver’s back alleys may have left one or two erroneous impressions that I should like to clear up.

But there’s more coming with the announcement of the “Vancouver’s Awesome Alleys” project, a five-year strategy to create an interconnected network with some of the city’s 240 laneways.