The term skid row or skid road is used to refer to a run-down or dilapidated urban area. There are formally recognized neighborhoods named Skid Row in Seattle and Los Angeles. Informally, there is an identified skid-row neighborhood in almost every major North American city, such as The Bowery in New York City and the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, which like Seattle's, was one of the original locations where the term was first coined. “Seattle” redirects here. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... The Bowery is a very well-known street in Manhattan that more or less marks the boundary between Chinatown and Little Italy on one side and the Lower East Side on the other — running from Chatham Square in the south to Astor Place in the north. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Location of the Downtown Eastside (in red) in Vancouver. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter...

Skid Row, Los Angeles

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Origins

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The origins of the term 'skid row' date back to the 19th century.^[1] The source of the term as an urban-landscape reference is heavily debated, and is generally identified as originating in either Vancouver, British Columbia or Seattle, Washington, where it was adapted from the term "skid road", a corduroy road made of logs, used to skid or drag logs through woods and bog. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... “Seattle” redirects here. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, WA are geographical neighbors, roughly 240 km apart.^[2] Both cities are located on the west coast of North America and are port cities.^[3][4] To further complicate research, Vancouver, Washington was incorporated January 23, 1857 and named after George Vancouver.^[5] Vancouver, British Columbia was incorporated in 1886 and was also named after George Vancouver.^[6] The term did not become popular until well into the 20th century, while the incorporation dates either postdate or coincide with the earliest estimates of the term's origins, mid 1800's.^[7] Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Nickname: Vancouver USA, The Couve Motto: A colorful past, a bright future Location in Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County Clark County Founded 1825 Incorporated 1857 Government  - Mayor Royce Pollard Area  - City  46. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A life sized statue covered in gold of George Vancouver on top of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings Captain George Vancouver RN (June 22, 1757 – May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of North America, including the Pacific coast along the Canadian... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Yesler Way, Seattle, Washington, the street for which the term "Skid Road" was coined is still used as a street to this day, although not for skidding logs as it had been originally (the Vancouver equivalent is the 100-block of East Hastings Street, and was named as such for the same reason). The street runs east-west over First Hill, also known as "Pill Hill", because of the numerous hospitals built on top of the hill,^[8] from the shores of Lake Washington to Elliott Bay. “Seattle” redirects here. ... First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. ... Lake Washington is the second largest natural lake in Washington State, USA, after Lake Chelan, and the largest lake in King County. ... Elliott Bay as viewed from Queen Anne Hill. ...

Yesler Way is one of the few streets that follow a direct east-west path from shore to shore except for a park built on the shore of Lake Washington in the 1970s, which cut off Yesler Way from the lake.

The logs were floated from the foothills of the Cascade Mountains across Lake Washington to Skid Road. The logs were then "skidded" by attaching a "choke" chain, or cable, to one end of the log. The log was then pulled by overhead cables, dragging or skidding the other end over the hill to the Seattle Waterfront, to a saw mill owned by Henry Yesler.^{[citation needed]}
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Murray Cromwell Morgan, in his 1952 book "Skid Road", described how the loggers spent the summers in the mountains cutting down trees and how the winter snow and mud hampered operations.^{[citation needed]} The out-of-work loggers would hang out on Skid Road hoping to find work and would often run out of money, sleep on the streets, and beg for food or money. This is where the connection between the operation of skidding logs and being poor and unemployed originated.^{[citation needed]}

The term "Skid Road" was in common usage in the mid 1800's, and referred to logging camps and mills all along the Pacific Coast.^[7] Vancouver, British Columbia started off as a sawmill settlement called "Granville," in the early 1870s.^[6] By the 1960s, "Skid Road" was commonly used to describe the more dilapidated areas in the city's Downtown Eastside,^[9] which is focussed on the original "strip" along East Hastings Street due to a concentration of single-room occupancy hotels (SROs) and associated bars in the area. The Pacific Coast is any coast fronting the Pacific Ocean. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Location of the Downtown Eastside (in red) in Vancouver. ...

Rev. Mark Matthews, a well-known prohibitionist, is attributed to the popularization of the term "Skid Road" to be synonymous with "bad neighborhood," in the early 20th century.^[7] The term most likely evolved into "skid row" to reflect a more contemporary urban neighborhood. Mark Matthews (August 7, 1894 - September 6, 2005) was the oldest suriving Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army when he died at age 111. ...

Seattle

Seattle's Skid Row was gentrified and designated the Pioneer Square Historic District in 1970. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Pioneer Square Pioneer Square is the neighborhood where Seattle, Washington was founded in 1853. ...

Vancouver

A portion of Vancouver's Skid Row, Gastown, has also been rejuvenated but is in a difficult coexistence with the Downtown Eastside, a nearby impoverished district along East Hastings Street infamous for its open drug trade, prostitution and high rate of HIV and AIDS infection. The poorest urban area in Canada,^{[citation needed]} it is wedged between Downtown, Chinatown and Gastown. These areas are frequented by tourists, and East Hastings Street is a major throughfare. These avenues of exposure make the Downtown Eastside a highly visible example of a skid row. The Downtown Eastside (sometimes abbreviated D.T.E.S.) is also home to the only legal intravenous drug safe injection site in Canada, part of a harm reduction policy aimed at helping the area's drug addicted residents. Map of Gastown Statue of Gassy Jack, Gastown. ... Location of the Downtown Eastside (in red) in Vancouver. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Chinatown in Downtown Vancouver with Coast Mountains in the background An upscale suburban Chinese mall in Richmond, the new Chinatown. The Chinatown of Vancouver, British Columbia is the second largest Chinatown in North America (after Chinatown, San Francisco, which is arguably the largest). ... Map of Gastown Statue of Gassy Jack, Gastown. ... Location of the Downtown Eastside (in red) in Vancouver. ... An intravenous drug (IV drug) is a drug administered intravenously, either by an intravenous drip or a syringe. ... Harm reduction is a philosophy of public health, intended to be a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain lifestyle choices. ...

Los Angeles

Main article: Skid Row, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles's Skid Row, in an area of downtown Los Angeles also known as Central City East, is home to one of the largest stable populations of transient persons (homeless) in the United States. Informal population estimates range from 7,000 to 8,000. L.A.'s Skid Row is sometimes called "the Nickel," because it is centered on Fifth Street. Most of the city's homeless and social service providers (such as Frontline Foundation, Midnight Mission, Union Rescue Mission and Downtown Women's Center) are based on Skid Row. While downtown Los Angeles has gone through a revitalization in recent years, development has mostly skipped over the Skid Row neighborhood. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, several local hospitals and suburban law enforcement agencies were accused by Los Angeles Police Department and other officials of transporting those homeless people in their care to Skid Row. [1] [2] According to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the official boundaries of Skid Row are Third and Seventh Streets to the north and south and Alameda and Main Streets to the east and west, respectively. ^[10] Skid Row, Los Angeles Skid Row is an area of Downtown Los Angeles. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Frontline Foundation of downtown Los Angeles, California, is a non-profit charity organization that serves emergency meals to people on Skid Row. ... -- < drini | ∂drini > 20:32, 17 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... “LAPD” redirects here. ... The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: District of Alaska District of Arizona Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California District of Guam District of Hawaii District of Idaho District of Montana...

The name is official enough that fire engines and ambulances serving the neighborhood have historically had "Skid Row" emblazoned on their sides. On 1 June 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported[3] that fire officials plan to change the legend on the vehicles to read "Central City East". Many residents support the change, but it is opposed by firefighters and some residents who take pride in the sense that they live in a tough place. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ...

Trivia

• The term was memorialized in the song "Skid Row" from the musical Little Shop of Horrors (musical play). In the 1960 original motion picture The Little Shop of Horrors are featured cinematic shots of Fifth Street with many interior scenes filmed on soundstages.
• Downtown Santa Cruz, California features a "Squid Row", in which a Calamari festival is held.
• Nirvana guitarist Kurt Cobain at one point wanted to name them when they first started out "Skid Row"

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References

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See also

• Stingaree - San Diego

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External links

• Some Seattle history
• Pioneer Square history
• Guardian Article