For the heavy metal band see Skid Row . For other uses of the term Skid Row see Skid Row . The term skid or skid row is used to refer to a run-down or dilapidated urban area. There are formally recognized neighborhoods named Skid Row in Seattle and Los Angeles. Informally, there is an identified skid-row neighborhood in almost every major North American city, such as The Bowery in New York City and the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, which like Seattle's, was one of the original locations where the term was first coined. Origins "The term "skid row" takes its name from the run-down saloons and boarding houses near the skid roads of western logging camps." Source - Modern Marvels Episode: Logging Tech airing on 12-20-2007 6:00 pm central [LINK: http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=203483&action=detail] [1] The origins of the term 'skid row' date back