Why is it that so much work, energy and MONEY has gone into the olympics yet the surronding area has got no main regeneration.
I mean surely if the olympics are in town (stratford) the most helpfull idea is to help local people by refurbishing and rebuilding run down neighbourhoods.
The olympics is agureable in the poorest crime ridden part of london and i'm sure that that isn't going to change anytime soon. But the government should of tried it's best to make the local area more 'upmarket' or just try to make stratford/hackney wick more of a desireable destination.
And yes, i do understand that Westfields has put more of a light on stratford and the olympic village itself has made stratford more 'nicer' but if you look at the surronding streets it's no better than places miles away form the olympics.
I know it's not that realistic that the government can regenerate every street, shop etc.. but if they at least tried to improve the lives of residents it would of put more of a positive view on the london 2012 olympic games
| ABOVE IS A MAPE OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE/AREA |
| THE OLYMPIC 'LANDMARK' |
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| THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE 'WORLD CLASS' APARTMENTS |
| MORE 'WORLD CLASS' APARTMENTS |
Fully agree the olympics are just being built around areas which really need to be regenerated lets hope that the income from these olympics will ensure that these areas get the redevlopment that is so badly needed we can hope
ReplyDeleteYeah because i just find it really hard to think that such a world class area is in a sea of a ghettoize area.
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ReplyDeleteI full agree with what you are saying. It is also not a very nice thing that the surrounding parks have been turned into site that are being used for the olympics. This limits the spaces children are allowed to play and kills off the fauna and flora too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, but i have to say the local fauna and flora has been enhanced by the Olympic park with the newly planted plants and trees which in turn increases the local fauna but mainly in the Olympic park. But yeah i purpose in local parks the flora and fauna hasn't been improved.
DeleteAnother thing is i don't understand why the local westfields car park is being taken ALL up by the incoming visitors, and leaving local normal people like us to pay!