Electric Avenue is a street in Brixton, London built in 1888.[1] It was the first market street to be lit by electric lights.[2][3] Today, Electric Avenue contains national retail chains (Boots, Greggs, and Iceland), plus various local food and housewares retailers. It also hosts a part of Brixton Market, which specialises in selling African, Caribbean, South American, and South Asian[4] products. It is located just around the corner from Brixton Underground station (1972). The street originally had cast iron Victorian canopies[5] over the pavement, which were damaged in World War 2 and removed in the 1980s.
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- ^ "Eddy Grant To Switch On Brixton's Electric Avenue Lights". Londonist. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "life-of-a-song: electric-avenue". ft.com. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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- ^ "The History of Brixton's Most Diverse Market". Brixton Village. Retrieved 2 December 2023.