 Covering fifty city blocks (2.71 sq mi) immediately east of downtown Los Angeles, Skid Row is bordered by Third Street to the north, Seventh Street to the south, Alameda Street to the east, and Main Street to the west.The term "skid row" or "skid road," referring to an area of a city where people live who are "on the skids," derives from a logging term.Loggers would transport their logs to a nearby river by sliding them down roads made from greased skids.