Silicon Valley is not a term that is often heard these days. The moniker derived from the Californian tech mecca that was Silicon Valley, and it referred to a specific region in Manhattan where a cluster of tech companies formed in the mid-1990s during the dot-com boom. The area itself is called the Flatiron neighborhood because it surrounds the uniquely-shaped Flatiron building, the point at which midtown and lower Manhattan connect. Read more →
