Legacy
Car parking legacy for West Ham Olympic stadium
According to West Ham co-chairman David Gold the car free Olympic Park will have 20,000 car parking spaces for West Ham to use if it takes over the Olympic stadium. He told the BBC that West Ham supporters would find it much easier to get to the ground than at Upton Park: "At the moment, they can't get to West Ham easily but there will be 20,000 car parking spaces at the Olympic Park."
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Thu, 19/08/2010 - 03:08.
Blog | Legacy | Newham | Planning & Development | Public transport | Transport
Anne's legacy hell
Anne Laurence, nee Windsor, thinks the Olympic Park is already a hell of a legacy! In an interview with BBC's Inside Sport she enthused about the work that has been done to date saying "That's a hell of a legacy just to begin with...." However, she wasn't sure there would be much more to come after the Games when she went on "never mind the sports legacy that might come afterwards." That was about it for Anne's understanding of legacy, a hell (of a lot) of half finished stadiums.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Fri, 13/08/2010 - 02:12.
Blog | 2012 Sport | Legacy | London 2012 | Sport
Coalition questions sport participation targets as Olympics gold dust fails to inspire
Back in 2007 Tessa Jowell said "The gold dust of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games could be the way to inspire so many young people to change their lives, to increase their involvement in sport and arts." The Government had set a target of getting two million more people involved in sport by 2012.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 03:46.
Blog | 2012 Sport | Legacy | People | Sport
2012 Media Centre - 'a not future proofed insult to Hackney'!
At a meeting of the GLA Olympics Committee Anna Harding, chief executive of Space Studios, criticised the 2012 Media Centre as ‘a darned insult to Hackney’ and said it was outmoded. Regarding finding future occupants she said ‘You don’t need to go around the world looking for an anchor tenant. You can talk to the young people of Hackney.’
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Wed, 21/07/2010 - 02:38.
Blog | 2012 Media | Hackney | Legacy
Anish Kapoor's red-knotted coiltrumpet
Ah well, I should know by now that any consultation exists solely to tick administrative boxes, so I probably won't bother submitting any choice thoughts this time round
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Mon, 12/07/2010 - 16:51.
Blog | 2012 Arts & Culture | 2012 Construction | 2012 Legacy | Legacy | London | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Sponsors
The Fire burns on - Vancouver Anti-Olympics Torch on its way to London
Itchy the Bedbug, one of Vancouver's Poverty Olympics' anti-mascots, was present when Vancouver anti-Olympics activists handed over their Anti-Olympics Torch to Elizabeth Hogg from the London Coalition Against Poverty. The handover, the first stage in the torch's journey to London, took place next to the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Thu, 08/07/2010 - 03:08.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | Displacement | Legacy | London 2012 | Protest | Vancouver 2010
"debt dither, legacy fears"
Dave Hill has posted a summary of Paul Norman's latest updates on Legacy,
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Wed, 07/07/2010 - 17:39.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | Legacy | London 2012
Less and less housing for the 'Legacy'
Oh that housing legacy!
It seems the OPLC, the Olympic Park Legacy Company, has revised the amount of housing for the 'legacy' downwards from 10-12,000 units to 8,000.
Of course, it has to be pointed out the housing on the Stratford City site, the Athletes' Village, was going to be built anyway as planning permission had already been granted before the Olympics took over the land.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Tue, 06/07/2010 - 03:59.
Blog | Clays Lane | Displacement | Housing | Legacy
