Skid row
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A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to peop
A mural of Skid Row, Los Angeles
Tents of homeless people on the sidewalk in Skid Row, Los Angeles
Mill Street, now Yesler Way, was the original "Skid Road" in Seattle, Washington.
People playing chess by Market and Turk Streets.
Old Town Chinatown
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Old Town Chinatown is the official Chinatown of the northwest section of Portland, Oregon, United States. The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District and the
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…appears to have originated in the Pacific Northwest. Areas in the United States and Canada identified by this nickname include Pioneer Square in Seattle; Old Town Chinatown in Portland, Oregon; Downtown Eastside in Vancouver; Skid Row in Los Angeles; the Tenderloin District of San Francisco; and the Bowery of Lower Manhattan…
Old Town tower, Portland Oregon
White Stag Block
Portland Union Station
Skidmore Fountain, 2011