The Los Angeles Times takes a gritty look at a 50-block area of "grime, despair, struggle and hope known as skid row."
Skid row, also called Central City East, is no accident. It came about through deliberate civic policies that at the time were considered humane.
Question: Why is it called skid row?
"Answer: In the timber industry, 'skid road' refers to a path paved with logs or tree trunks along which other logs are skidded into water for delivery to saw mills, according to Webster's. It is claimed that the term "skid row" originated in Seattle, which had a thriving lumber industry. During the Great Depression, Seattle's "Skid Road" went into decline, attracting vagrants, winos and brothels. Skid row (with "row" replacing "road") became synonymous with the part of town where vagrants and alcoholics congregate."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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