Electric Avenue, Brixton
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Electric Avenue, Brixton by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Electric Avenue, Brixton
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 18 Mar 2016
Electric Avenue, built in the 1880s, was a stylish Victorian shopping street - the first in the area to be lit by electricity. Immortalised by Eddy Grant's song ("we'll rock down to Electric Avenue"), a major hit in 1983, it has a different personality nowadays, hosting a part of Brixton Market whose colourful stalls crowd in amongst the food and other shops.
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Image Location
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51.462228
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-0.114803