On: Another Silicon Valley institution died spring of 2019: Halted/HSC

[smcin]

NYC Canal Street was similar to Akihabara 45+ years ago, for electronics? When did that change? 80s financial boom?

[fortran77 → smcin]

Yes! This NY Times article talks about it a bit: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/29/garden/shopping-canal-st-...

and see this discussion here: https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/end-of-an-e...

Even in the 70s I'd find radio parts on "radio row" there.