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If you have a driveway or alleyway in need of repair, the city will repair it. To apply, you must meet the following requirements:
Must be a driveway that has two points of egress and located in the city of Philadelphia.
The driveway must have structural damage that includes large concrete craters or holes, crumbling pieces
of cement or asphalt, etc. Dead end driveways are not eligible for the program.
The driveway should provide vehicular access and private parking to five or more private residences.
phdcphila.org/driveways/  

From the article..
"These places of refuge, and the people who run them, do work beyond the obvious social good. At the rec, children can exercise creative agency, often deciding on their own how to use the space. The centers exist outside the prescriptive obligations, duties and expectations of schools or churches. They give children a place to work through, as my own children did, their triumphs and losses; innocence, immaturity and growth are valued. There, the children know they are free."