Skid Row

It is said that the term "Skid Row" originated in Seattle. In the olden days, loggers would "skid" their giant lumbars on wooden tracks from the forests all the way down to cargo ships awaiting in the bay. A bustling commercial region soon sprang up near the waterfront, catering to lumberjacks who had just received pay for jobs completed. Some of these businesses, of course, were more salacious than others, and some of them still are!