Report - North London Mail Centre, Islington - September - December 2014

[The_Raw]

The North London Mail Centre was established in 1904

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, cafés, restaurants, offices, a health club and a cinema.

Model of how it will look when completed

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 ​

 

[slayaaaa]

Nice one mate, looks really good! Nice crane

 

[The Kwan]

Holy feckin bejeezus man, thats a perch not a pew I would like to see the roof when it is finished. Thanks for posting it up! Lovely images.

 

[ACID- REFLUX]

Nice ones as per mate

I"d wondered what this was,as i viewed your Flickr feed.....now i know

 

[The_Raw]

Cheers, would like to see the green roof too, interesting concept they've got there. Might wanna be popped into high stuff this actually, just realised 80% of the shots are from up above

 

[WildBoyz]

Nice work as usual mate. Liking that shot looking down the crane.

 

[Speed]

Jeez why didn't we see this earlier! Some kind of epic post mill!

 

[Wevsky]

Nice selection of shots that mate beer can explore ftw

 

[Seffy]

That's a bit of a belter! Nice one guys

 

[The_Raw]

Cheers lads

Jeez why didn't we see this earlier! Some kind of epic post mill!

It's only been derelict for 10 years mate, give us a chance!

 

[PopPunkJamie]

Very nice dude. Liking the look of that green space once it's finished

 

[Gabe]

"Are you that bloke from the tv?"

 

[tweek]

Looks like you lot have been enjoying yourself recently. Keeping busy, staying keen. Nice to see.

 

[The_Raw]

Thank you all muchly

Looks like you lot have been enjoying yourself recently. Keeping busy, staying keen. Nice to see.

Yes mate, loving it loving it loving it

 

[norfolkexplorer]

Nice work as usual mate