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London 2012: Legacy or Liability?

Article | 2012 Construction | 2012 Sustainability

By Paul Charman and Mike Wells

After spending hundreds of millions of tax payers’ money on a high profile ‘clean-up’, it has become clear that the 2012 Olympic Park actually remains classified as a contaminated brownfield site.

Submitted by Charles Batsworth on Sun, 14/02/2010 - 18:13.

Stolen land

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Protesting the Corporate Five Ring Circus seizure of public assets

Submitted by Martin Slavin on Mon, 02/11/2009 - 20:35.

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Graffiti Artworker Blue One Off

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Photo: Mike Wells

Submitted by Martin Slavin on Wed, 19/03/2008 - 23:37.

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A beginners guide to the social impacts of the Olympics

The Olympics project is large and complex. It is not easy to quickly grasp the nature of its probable impacts on the Lower Lea Valley and London. Here is a collection of four useful papers which together give a relatively short description of some of the significant impacts.

Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sun, 21/01/2007 - 19:01.

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