North London Mail Centre, Islington - September - December 2014

[The_Raw]

The North London Mail Centre was established in 1904

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Sager bought the 500,000 sq ft North London Mail Centre for £30m in 2003. The site is now a £370million development called the 'Islington Square Project' providing nearly 43,000 square feet of green space across rooftops in the heart of Islington. The Islington Square project will become a luxury complex of 356 homes alongside shops, cafes, restaurants, offices, a health club and a cinema.

Model of how it will look when completed

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I visited here 3 times in as many months with a few different people, skeleton key, adders, monkey and gabe if I remember rightly. We went up the crane twice, up on the roof of the main building, and down into the bowels of the construction site. It's a big playground with a few things to do. The main building although completely stripped out looks as though it will have it's exterior retained. The site is also home to a live royal mail depot so there is always some activity down below. Here's a few pics from all over the site.

The centre of the main building

Struggling to find a way up to the roof...

The rooftop which will be turned into 'green space'

Looking down at the live mail depot

The other half of the site

SK deep in thought

SK taking a pew....

Thanks for looking

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[skeleton key]

Thats pretty cool mate and have to say the place reminded my of a big play ground for big Kids lol.

Andy and Miaro if I remember right this is where we were before we came and met you at the station

Nicey shots there Raw

Ive shifted to High mate as most images are

 

[Andy]

The pics are great - but you are crazy.

 

[The_Raw]

Not as crazy as him above ^

 

[The_Raw]

Ive shifted to High mate as most images are

Cool, was gonna do it myself but forgot

 

[Lara]

Brilliant

 

[shaddam]

ahaha lovely stuff !

 

[Nelly]

Nice but bonkers!!

 

[hamtagger]

Loving those crane shots ya crazy feckers!