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- From: kaygee@hardy.u.washington.edu (Kevin Giansante)
- Subject: Re: Skid Road (was Re: K Street
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.061735.14843@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- References: <Bzqz8z.2Jt@techbook.com> <1992Dec24.090525.4356@osf.org> <BzwHyy.6zx@techbook.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 06:17:35 GMT
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- In article 13775 of alt.usage.english, dant@techbook.com
- (Dan Tilque) says:
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- >Originally, it was Skid Road, a street in Seattle. It was called that
- >because it started off as a skidway. A skidway is a track used to move
- >logs. The Skid Road area in Seattle became an area of cheap taverns,
- >flop houses and other places of low repute. The rest (outside the
- >northwest US) of the world changed it to Skid Row.
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- Absolutely right; and today the old Skid Road is called Yesler Way.
- I thought only people in Seattle knew that, Dan. Where are you?
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