Rooftop view of the Elephant and Castle, Newington, looking north towards Newington Causeway. The Elephant and Castle, a major crossroads since Roman times, is named after a coaching inn set at the junction. The area suffered devastation on 10th May 1941 during World War II bombing. On the cleared bombsite to the left was to be built the London School of Printing, now the London School of Communication. The remaining pre-war building on the right with a small dome is the Northern Line Underground Elephant and Castle station opened in 1890. It was rebuilt during the construction of the Elephant & Castle shopping centre in 1963, and rebuilt again in 2003. On the surrounding vacant site was built the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, and office block Hannibal House, opening in March 1965. It was demolished in 2021 and replaced by high-rise flats. In the centre, 67-68 London Roa is a white four-storey office building with a shop on the ground floor, Burton's men tailors. This was demolished and the site now forms part of the northern Elephant and Castle roundabout. Adjacent are numbers 12-24 St George's Road, two- and three-storey with shops on the ground floor. These were demolished and on the site in 1970 built the 11-storey Perronet House. On the corner of Newington Causeway and London Road, is the four-storey pub The Alfred's Head. A pub since at least 1803, it was demolished and the site is now part of the northern Elephant and Castle roundabout. Adjoining, with large windows is an electricity substation for the Bakerloo Underground with the Elephant and Castle station adjacent. On the right on the New Kent Road is The Trocadero cinema designed by George Coles and opened in 1930 seating 3500. It housed the largest Wurlitzer Organ in Europe. The building was demolished in 1963, and on the site was rebuilt the Elephant and Castle pub and office blocks designed by Hungarian-born modernist architect Ernő Goldfinger, which is now Grade II listed, listing number 1405570. Numerous vehicles including buses are on the roads.