The History of Seattle - Skid Row

It was in Seattle, I think, that we first got the metaphor skid row. But actually, it was originally something very literal. The street was known as Yesla Way, Y-E-S-N-R. Henry Yesla owned a sawmill. And later, where when there was a lot of poverty, and as you say, it became this sort of difficult area, that's how the name skid row spread.

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