Stratford Waterfront Redesign You may remember that because of the fuss over the view of St Paul’s from Richmond, some buildings at Stratford had to be redesigned to be lower because they stuck up behind
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Tag: Olympic Park
More photos of the Olympic Park Building Site
Top photo: Mud, Olympic Park. May 2008 In the previous post of my photos taken of the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, most were taken from the Bow side. This post shows more from the
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Changes at Stratford
Back in March the Architects Journal ran an article headlined Major redesign for Olympicopolis to save St Paul’s views. It said that in Nov 2017 the Friends of Richmond Park called upon London Mayor Sadiq
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Rebel World Cup, New Writing, Bubble Rush Runners, Music Festival and ABBA.
Grim News on the Streets Late last week a cyclist was filmed threatening a driver with an enormous ‘zombie-killer’ knife in Croydon. Saturday’s Daily Mail reports that two teenagers were rushed to hospital following a
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Photos from before the Olympics
Photo above: dumped tyres, Trego Road, Hackney Wick. Before Britain bid for the Olympics I had already roamed the canals and strange wasteland between Bow and Stratford with a camera. Back then I was shooting
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