Electric Avenue in Brixton, Lonon, gets its name from being the first electrified shopping area in London. The street was built in the 1880s and now hosts Brixton Market, selling a mix of African, Caribbean, English, Portuguese and Chinese products. It is located just round the corner from Brixton tube station (1972). The elegant Victorian canopies over the pavements survived until the 1980s. The road gave its name to the song by Eddy Grant.