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redpigeons · 04-24-2009, 02:21 PM

Well I don't usually hate places... but if there is one town that I cant stand, it is the parking lot known as Los angels ...

any way these photos made me want to go just as a photographer

NPR: How Do You Photograph Skid Row?

Last edited by redpigeons; 04-25-2009 at 03:36 PM.

Wheatfield · 04-25-2009, 09:31 AM

Just for the record, it's actual proper term is Skid Road.

blind-bat · 04-25-2009, 12:24 PM

And I thought Redpidgeons was just using new terminology for taking photos while being naked....

redpigeons · 04-25-2009, 03:35 PM

Ha Ha!!

I typed this message really quickly at work and then completely forgot about it!

graphicgr8s · 04-25-2009, 08:19 PM

Originally posted by Wheatfield

Just for the record, it's actual proper term is Skid Road.

Actually it's Skid Row

wildman · 04-25-2009, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by redpigeons

Ha Ha!!

I typed this message really quickly at work and then completely forgot about it!

skid road
1 in lumbering, a trail along which newly cut logs are skidded
2 a) [West] a section of town where loggers gathered in taverns, inns, etc.
b) skid row (C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

skid row
a usually run-down section of a city frequented by indigent alcoholics, vagrants, derelicts, etc
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

In any case I thought all such places had been bulldozed down for tacky shopping malls.

MrApollinax · 04-26-2009, 05:17 AM

I've been there when I was doing volunteer work in downtown LA at one of the local children's shelters. The whole story behind the naming is pretty harsh. I've heard referred to both Road and Row. It was named as such because the City decided to "clean" the street with fire hoses and it cased the homeless on the street to skid down to the bottom. Like with all cities skid row is only a handful of blocks away from the opulent business and jewelry districts of LA. It is pretty jarring to see the quick shift from wealth to poverty.

04-24-2009, 02:21 PM	#1
redpigeons Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 943	photographing skid row Well I don't usually hate places... but if there is one town that I cant stand, it is the parking lot known as Los angels ... any way these photos made me want to go just as a photographer NPR: How Do You Photograph Skid Row? Last edited by redpigeons; 04-25-2009 at 03:36 PM.

04-25-2009, 08:26 PM	#6
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Originally posted by redpigeons Ha Ha!! I typed this message really quickly at work and then completely forgot about it! skid road 1 in lumbering, a trail along which newly cut logs are skidded 2 a) [West] a section of town where loggers gathered in taverns, inns, etc. b) skid row (C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc. skid row a usually run-down section of a city frequented by indigent alcoholics, vagrants, derelicts, etc (C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc. In any case I thought all such places had been bulldozed down for tacky shopping malls. Last edited by wildman; 04-25-2009 at 08:38 PM.

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04-25-2009, 09:31 AM	#2
Wheatfield Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The wheatfields of Canada Posts: 15,991	Just for the record, it's actual proper term is Skid Road.

04-25-2009, 12:24 PM	#3
blind-bat Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 256	And I thought Redpidgeons was just using new terminology for taking photos while being naked....

04-25-2009, 03:35 PM	#4
redpigeons Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 943 Original Poster	Ha Ha!! I typed this message really quickly at work and then completely forgot about it!

04-25-2009, 08:19 PM	#5
graphicgr8s Guest	Originally posted by Wheatfield Just for the record, it's actual proper term is Skid Road. Actually it's Skid Row

04-26-2009, 05:17 AM	#7
MrApollinax Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,529	I've been there when I was doing volunteer work in downtown LA at one of the local children's shelters. The whole story behind the naming is pretty harsh. I've heard referred to both Road and Row. It was named as such because the City decided to "clean" the street with fire hoses and it cased the homeless on the street to skid down to the bottom. Like with all cities skid row is only a handful of blocks away from the opulent business and jewelry districts of LA. It is pretty jarring to see the quick shift from wealth to poverty.

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