Recreation alley and park alley: The building of roads often brings intense changes in community and neighborhood relations. Originally children could play in the road and adults would gossip there and play chess; but when the road is widened and cars come in, a barrier goes up that restricts daily contacts between people.
開馬路往往會改變緊密的社區鄰里關係，原本小孩可以在巷子嬉戲、大人可以在此聊天、下棋。巷弄拓寬後，車流進入，阻隔了人們日常的互動關係。