page_title: Skid Row, Los Angeles
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Skid Row, Los Angeles / In popular culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Homeless-Civil Rights activists Ted Hayes at sidewalk encampment in downtown Los Angeles Central City East District, dubbed Skid Row, the national capital, "ground 0" and "black hole" of homelessness.
context_page_description: Skid Row is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. The area is also known as Central City East.
  As of a 2019 count, the population of the district was 4,757. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States and has been known for its condensed homeless population since the 1930s. Its long history of police raids, targeted city initiatives, and homelessness advocacy make it one of the most notable districts in Los Angeles.
  Covering fifty city blocks 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.
context_section_description: Lost Angels: Skid Row is My Home, a feature length documentary produced by Agi Orsi, tells the story of eight homeless people, including an Olympic athlete and Harvard graduate, who navigate a world of poverty, drug abuse, and mental illness to build a sense of community. The film examines how the City of Los Angeles criminalizes homelessness by prohibiting Skid Row residents from standing and sitting for a prolonged period of time in a public place. 
  The site has appeared as a location in several movies, including The Sting, and television shows such as Starsky & Hutch, Baretta, and Quincy, M.E.. The 1960 comedy horror film The Little Shop of Horrors is set in Skid Row; however, the location of the 1982 musical (and its 1986 film adaptation) was moved to New York City (although the song Skid Row (Downtown) exists in both). 
  Skid Row was also used as a location for filming the music videos for the Michael Jackson songs "Beat It" and The Way You Make Me Feel.
  Rock band U2 performed "Where The Streets Have No Name" upon a rooftop for the song's music video; the performance referenced The Beatles' final concert, as shown in the film Let It Be.
  It was featured as the base of operations for Riley North in the 2018 film  Peppermint.
  Electronic artist James Ferraro's album Skid Row is conceptualized around the area.
  Ed Seaward's novel Fair (Porcupine's Quill, 2020) is set in Skid Row.
caption: In Skid Row, tents line entire city blocks
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