It’s widely known that Skid Row purchased the rights to their name from British guitarist Gary Moore. As founding bassist Rachel Bolan just revealed, however, they initially considered going by ...

City officials, developers and restaurateurs in Los Angeles are touting the renaissance of the city’s once-blighted downtown thanks to an explosion of trendy eateries, chic hotels and luxury ...

Amidst the rapid gentrification and redevelopment of downtown Los Angeles in recent years, there’s one neighborhood that’s barely changed: Skid Row. Fifty square blocks of downtown Los Angeles that ...

Chances are, if you are not an avid off-road adventurer, the term “skid plate” means little to you. But for those who enjoy crawling over rocky landscapes and navigating trails of rough terrain, skid ...

Thirty years ago, when the Produce Hotel fell into disrepair, a newly formed nonprofit, the Skid Row Housing Trust, acquired and rehabilitated the turn-of-the-century building, restoring the brick ...

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