Latest news stories from Hyperlocal sites tagged with 'Olympic park' :: Page 1
August 19 2011, 9.30AM Hackney Citizen
Which way to East Wick?
Hackney is to get a new neighbourhood which will be built on the site of the Olympic Park after the 2012 Games
August 7 2011, 9.40AM Hackney Citizen
Olympic Park cycle track plans slammed
Cyclists castigate legacy developers for changing the previously agreed proposal
May 24 2011, 10.10AM EastLondonLines
Travel disruption expected in Wapping during Olympics
Residents have voiced concerns over Olympic route proposals unveiled last night by Transport for London. The initial Olympic Route Network (ORN) pr...
May 1 2011, 12.50PM Hackney Citizen
‘RUN’ sculpture to be erected at Olympic Handball Arena in Hackney Wick
A glass and steel public artwork by internationally-renowned artist Monica Bonvicini will be installed in the Olympic Park next year
February 11 2011, 2.14PM The Olympic Borough
Olympic Stadium: The latest reaction
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February 4 2011, 5.48PM The Olympic Borough
East London could really go downhill after 2012 (on skis that is!)
Although all the attention right now is on what will happen to the Olympic Stadium, arguably more significance – particularly when it comes t...
February 1 2011, 7.02PM EastLondonLines
Disused print works set for £250,000 transformation
A disused print works centre in Hackney Wick will be transformed into an arts centre as part of a £250,000 regeneration project. David Kohn Archit...
January 31 2011, 10.35AM The Olympic Borough
New £2.4 million riverside crossing to help avoid flyover
Right now, if you’re enjoying a cycle ride past Three Mills and on to the Olympic site you need to hop off when you reach the Bow Flyover. Bu...
January 25 2011, 4.16PM The Olympic Borough
In their own words: Olympic Stadium debate
With the Olympic Stadium decision imminent, opinions, anger and impatience are flying around the web and the airwaves. Here’s a summary from ...
December 21 2010, 3.32PM The Olympic Borough
Let there be light! (I hope the opening ceremony is better)
“Oh the drama! Oh the excitement! Oh the… oh… hold on… they’re warming up… give it a sec. There we go. I’...
December 19 2010, 10.20AM The Olympic Borough
Winter Wonderland: Olympic Park beautifully blanketed
Diamond Geezer took a stroll up from his native Bow yesterday to get some beautiful snaps (and a nifty video) of the Olympic Park and surrounding a...
December 8 2010, 6.03PM The Olympic Borough
Will dreams become reality? BBC looks in-depth at future of Olympic Park
As we make our way into 2011, BBC London has been taking stock of the current legacy situation. A special series of pieces, starting here, starts w...
November 29 2010, 12.41PM The Olympic Borough
Picture post: Beautiful mist over the Olympic Park
Beautiful aerial shot of a misty Olympic Park and beyond. Taken by Frans Zwart, and spotted by Andy Wilkes. Picture post: Beautiful mist over the O...
November 29 2010, 9.43AM The Olympic Borough
£500m ringfenced for post-2012 Olympic Park transformation
From Paul Norman at Estates Gazette: The government is set to sign off £500m of funding during the spending review period for the transforma...
November 24 2010, 7.28PM The Olympic Borough
West Ham: Relegation would not halt Olympic Stadium bid
When it comes to the Olympics, it feels like this is the only news worth talking about lately – but it’s likely to be the big issue ove...
November 23 2010, 5.52PM The Olympic Borough
Olympic Park FINISHED! (According to the new London A to Z, that is)
The last London A-Z featured little more than cleared marshland beyond Hackney Wick. But now look at it. In all its glory, the Olympic Park: Terrif...
November 17 2010, 10.38AM Hackney Citizen
River Lea voted among nation’s worst rivers
Rubbish, pollution and low fish stocks blight the Hackney stretch, say critics
November 15 2010, 7.12PM The Olympic Borough
Pudding Mill Lane station, Greenway and ViewTube café all to be closed during Games
If ‘legacy’ is the king of buzzwords for the London 2012 Olympic Games, then ‘security’ is most certainly its queen. It see...
November 13 2010, 6.35PM The Olympic Borough
Hammers and Newham up against Spurs and AEG in battle for stadium
Not at all unexpected, but now confirmed: Newham and West Ham United will be up against Tottenham Hotspur and AEG in the decision to take over the ...
November 12 2010, 7.33PM Hackney Citizen
London 2012 Olympic Park gets arty
Newly appointed artist-in-residence and curator to lead on participatory creative projects
November 12 2010, 11.31AM Hackney Citizen
New towpath to be unveiled on River Lea
11am-12pm Saturday 13 November, Lea Bridge Road E10 7QL
October 25 2010, 1.31PM The Olympic Borough
ViewTube, London’s hottest new tourist attraction
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a big fan of the ViewTube – the intriguing cafe plonked in the middle of the Olympic Pa...
October 11 2010, 2.14PM The Olympic Borough
Is there an unexploded WW2 bomb under the Olympic Stadium?
The Daily Express got a little excited yesterday about the prospect of an unexploded bomb lurking somewhere deep beneath the Olympic Stadium. It sa...
October 4 2010, 6.25PM The Olympic Borough
Confirmed: Olympic Marathon route will definitely leave out east London
It’s the news we were all fearing. The Olympic Marathon will now definitely not be finishing in the Olympic Stadium, missing out east London ...
October 4 2010, 3.48PM The Olympic Borough
Analysis: A storm brews as West Ham and Tottenham lock horns over Stadium takeover
All the bids for the Olympic Stadium are now in. We don’t know how many there were, or exactly when they’ll announce the “winner&...
September 29 2010, 5.59PM The Olympic Borough
A walk around Westfield, the Olympic Park and John Lewis
Estate’s Gazette’s Paul Norman has been on his travels – a tour around a (noisy) construction site for Westfield and the Olympics...
September 24 2010, 6.01PM The Olympic Borough
Olympic Media Centre begins touting for tenants
Technically this is a story from Hackney, but given that the Media Centre’s success would mean thousands of local jobs it is very important t...
September 16 2010, 5.39PM The Olympic Borough
Anti-â€Nuclear train†protest planned for weekend
The Nuclear Trains Action Group (NTAG) is planning a demonstration outside Stratford station this Saturday. From 11am-1pm, the group will be handin...
September 1 2010, 4.22PM The Olympic Borough
The prettiest building site in the world? Meadow blossoms on Olympic Park
Some lovely pictures from the official London 2012 bunch. Looks swell, no? This current crop of meadow-y goodness is a trial run for 2012 – m...
August 8 2010, 2.29PM The Olympic Borough
How the Canadians see us: “Dirty, dilapidated slumsâ€
The opening four paragraphs from an article about our Olympics in the Vancouver Sun: The contrast is stark. Compared with the grandeur and beauty o...
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