For decades, it dominated the Bristol skyline for the millions of visitors each year arriving into Bristol Temple Meads.
Now, more than two months on from the start of demolition of the former Royal Mail sorting office, the view from the railway station is rather different.
The site was sold by Bristol City Council to the University of Bristol in 2017, which announced plans for a new £300million campus. The university secured outline planning permission for the new site in 2018, and in January demolition work of the empty blocks finally began.
A conference centre will be built on nearby Temple Island, which will also house three tower blocks for almost 1,000 students as part of the university's Temple Quarter campus.
Look inside one of Bristol's derelict eyesores the Royal Mail Sorting office
It had been unoccupied for more than 20 years after Royal Mail moved to its new home in Filton, and had been left to gradually deteriorate ever since.
Just a small section of the old building now remains, surrounded by demolition rubble from the past two-and-a-half months of heavy work carried out by contractors Kier.
By 2022, the skyline is set to have changed dramatically once again as the new campus opens.
Spanning both the site of the former sorting office and part of the neighbouring Temple Island, it will provide teaching, research, and innovation space for around 800 teaching staff, external partners, and 3,000 students.
There will also be accommodation for up to hundreds of undergraduates and postgraduates.
