Did you know? A Brief History of Skid Row
This history of Skid Row is long and complex. The common presumption about Skid Row is that it is one long street. However, walk through it and you know it is anything but. The word Skid Row is derived from the concept of loggers transporting logs. In these areas seasonal workers would live temporarily and therefore many brothels and bars popped up. As you travel through Skid Row now, you may notice some of these "hotels". A big shift happened in 1970. Many of these hotels we