In fact, he wrote most of "Skid Road" during quiet periods on the job.
The Skid Road was built on that 450 foot wide slice of land from the top of First Hill to the logging mill on the point.
The Skid Road became the demarcation line between the affluent members of Seattle and the mill workers and more rowdy portion of the population.
Ski schools meet on lower slopes on runs such as Skid Road, and the gentle three-mile-long Queens.
The organization required its members to be residents of the community, which for many years had been known only by the pejorative Skid Road.
From now on I'm staying down here on Skid Road with people I understand.
So why, Ida Mae asked herself, were her feet taking her directly down the street toward Skid Road?
It's going to take more than a town council to shut down Skid Road.
Pioneer Square still retains some of the ambience of Skid Road.
Logs could be "skidded" down hills or along a corduroy road, and one such street in Seattle was named Skid Road.