The Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park is now an Evangelical church but it was the stuff of rock legend, where Jimi Hendrix first burnt a guitar and David Bowie strutted as Ziggy Stardust.
The music lives on in the park in the form of an annual festival.
A new high-rise scheme with 308 homes looming over the park, City North is the largest regeneration project in Islington borough since Arsenal's Emirates stadium.
A tree-lined piazza wraps around the train station at the the base of two 21-storey towers, one with a roof garden, shops, restaurants, bars, cinema and gym.
Alongside is an arts centre and theatre.
This Zone 2 neighbourhood has two Tube lines, Overground and National Rail plus a bus station, while at 110 acres, the park is bigger than St James's Park and Green Park combined.
Two-bedroom apartments at City North cost from £757,500. Penthouses are priced from £1 million. Call 020 3925 9064.