The history of Radio Row was featured recently on NPR, National Public Radio. Here are some of the links:

NPR Related RADIO ROW Stories

• http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/020603.radiorow.html - The Neighborhood before the World Trade Center
  
•     http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020603.atc.06.ram - The Radio Row Story as Broadcast by NPR
      (13 minutes of Real Audio)
• The Sonic Memorial Project

Other Radio Row links

• http://www.mcny.org/nytradeoffs/radio.htm - The Radio District
• http://www.mcny.org/abbott/a101.htm - Radio Row
• Radio Row -- Cortlandt Street 1930-1970
      - Antique Radio Classified
• http://www.infoage.org/p-35Row.html - Radio Row and Cortlandt Street - Infoage
• http://www.newark.com/inside/overview/history.html - Newark Electronics version of Radio Row
• http://pages.cthome.net/fwc/LOSTARC.HTM - A Radio-Row Christmas Story
• Radio Row Then and Now
      - Antique Radio Classified

The 1937 Haynes RSR Clipper

This was restored by my friend John Kelly, N3GVF (SK).

John completely stripped the chassis and cabinet. He repainted it
in it's original black wrinkle finish, and then reassembled it using
mostly vintage parts where practical. When I purchased it
after his death, it looked like brand new.

He also hand drafted the dials, paper labels and lettering. The
detail on the main dial is extensive. In all, it must have taken him
a hundred hours to complete.