Design
Smarter Design for Skid Row
Providing decent shelter for people experiencing homelessness is both a political and practical challenge.
Los Angeles’s infamous Skid Row neighborhood holds anywhere from 8,000 to 11,000 people who are living on the streets, packed into a 50-block stretch of the city. A mural at Skid Row’s entrance, designed to look like an official city sign, reads, “Skid Row City Limit. Population: Too Many.”
Most Angelenos avoid the area, if they can; it’s a typical example of how homelessness can fester out of sight and out of mind.