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

Yes! This NY Times article talks about it a bit: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/29/garden/shopping-canal-st-new-york-s-attic.html 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-era-last-tool-dealer-to-leave-canal-st.84123/page-3 https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/end-of-an-e... Even in the 70s I'd find radio parts on "radio row" there.