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machine and dust
In The Gold Machine Iain Sinclair blogs on his evening out on Nina Pope's Floating Cinema and (with pictures) the essential pre-history - his famous Kayak trip with Stephen Gill.
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Thu, 25/08/2011 - 19:16.
Blog | Contamination | Radioactivity | 2012 Arts & Culture | Clays Lane | Displacement | Habitat and wildlife
The Demolition of Memory - by Estate Agents
Predictably Estate Agent jargon replaces the
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 14:03.
Guardian and Telegraph blissfully ignorant about Stratford City
Two newspapers have recently carried stories linking Stratford City and the Olympics. The Telegraph came up with 'London 2012 Olympics: legacy arrives early with the 2011 opening of Westfield Stratford' claiming the Olympics had resulted in the project being delivered 'seven years earlier than planned'. Dave Hill in the Guardian headlined his blog 'Olympic Park: Boris, shopping and visions of the good society' saying 'The Mayor profits from good news stories about the Olympics'.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Wed, 06/07/2011 - 23:02.
Blog | 2012 Legacy | Clays Lane | Compulsory Purchase | Displacement | Housing | Newham | Planning & Development | Social Housing
BBC wrecks iconic legacy!
Can you credit it? Local MPs and Council leaders are accusing the BBC of undermining the Olympic organisers’ bid to revitalise East London and produce a lasting legacy by refusing to include the Olympic stadium on the Eastenders' map. Among the huffy MPs is Lyn Brown, who said: ‘The more people who know exactly where the stadium is, and how well it is connected to the rest of London, the better.’
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sun, 22/05/2011 - 02:05.
Blog | Clays Lane | Displacement | Legacy | London 2012 | Newham | Regeneration
Bang! Bang! No need to inform the public
Fun and games once again for the SAS and the Met. A live fire anti-terror drill was carried out at the Athletes' Village last weekend. According to the Standard 'Much of last weekend's action occurred inside the accommodation blocks, out of sight and sound, so that the public did not need to be informed.'
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Wed, 11/05/2011 - 23:06.
Blog | Clays Lane | London 2012 | Security | Travellers
The final demolition - the loss of a name
What's in a name? The OPLC has launched a competition to find names for the soon to be created neighbourhoods on the Olympic Park. The suggested names will be judged by 'a panel made up of senior board members of the Olympic Park Legacy Company and key representatives of the East London local community.' I wonder who they will be. Jules and Robin? At least one of the twelve judges will be 'independent'! Presumably that means the rest will not, just the usual timeservers.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Thu, 24/03/2011 - 04:26.
Article | Clays Lane | Displacement | Legacy | Travellers
Property companies eye Olympic profits
The Property world is getting excited by the interest supposedly being showed in the Athletes’ Village and the Media Centre. Of course, expressions of interest are not the same as money on the table. But even if the money does materialise what does this signify? That property tycoons see an opportunity to make a profit? And that profit will be made at a loss to the public purse of at least £150million on the Village and an unknown sum on the Media Centre.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sun, 19/12/2010 - 23:03.
Article | Contamination | 2012 Business | Clays Lane | Compulsory Purchase | Displacement | Finance | Planning & Development | Private Housing | Regeneration | Social Housing
'A wee person' to be evicted for Glasgow Games
‘Just a person in a wee flat’ Margaret Jaconelli, the last person left living on the site of the Athletes’ Village for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, has been told she will be evicted. She protests that she has been offered totally inadequate compensation for the compulsory purchase of her flat and will be unable to buy a replacement property.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Mon, 04/10/2010 - 15:54.
Article | Clays Lane | Compulsory Purchase | Displacement | Human Rights | London 2012 | Mega Events | Private Housing | Regeneration | Commonwealth Games
