 In 1959 The Angel was closed and sold to the London County Council as part of a plan to demolish it to make way for a new road scheme at the Angel intersection . It was used temporarily by the City University . Finsbury merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington in 1965 and ownership of the site passed to the Greater London Council . The proposals for demolition of the site along with road changes were opposed by Homes before Roads and the Islington Society . Plans to alter the intersection and create a layout similar to that at Old Street roundabout were abandoned and the building was saved from demolition . 
