Living on Skid Road

So, the term "Skid Row", which is a generally slummy and bad place for all you my-english-is weak-what-are-you-talking-about folks, derives from the term Skid Road. A place aptly named for the fact that logs skidded down it back in the day when you could slide logs down roads in downtown parts of cities.

The first of these happened to be in Seattle and was the road i live on (now better known for its endless sirens and crime issues). I'm sure some of you will find that fitting.  Anyways, on Skid Road, the logs slid down the hill with chains until they reached the port (less than a mile from the apt) to be chopped up at the Yesler saw mill.

You can find some historical pics that i didn't feel like pilfering and more info here: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7055.

So here are two pictures--sorry, i don't really take pictures of the street much so they are from the snow last year.... as you can see below...things now just cars instead of logs still skid down the road from time to time.