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Seattle Pioneer Square 4108a

Seattle Pioneer Square 4108a
Historic hotel sign in Pioneer Square. The first time I was in the Pioneer Square area, which was sometime in the 1970's, this area was skid row.

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 slgwv
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Skid _road_. ;) The Seattle Times is still careful to spell it that way! It actually came from the road where the logs were skidded to the waterfront--not the most attractive part of town. The rest of the country dropped the final "d" when the expression spread.
6 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to slgwv club
Interesting piece of history, thanks.
6 years ago.

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