In addition to yesterday’s announcement that the Olympic Park will be named after Queen Elizabeth, the Olympic Park Legacy Company has also released a number of images showing how the park will be redesigned once the Games have concluded. Further details should be available here, …
Much like her great-great-grandmother Victoria, Queen Elizabeth is to lend her name to a swathe of east London parkland: the Olympic Park in Stratford is to be renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after the Games have concluded, though we reckon locals will know it …
Photo / luciferscage The final route (PDF) for the 2012 marathon has been published, and as expected, it will take place in central London, breaking with longstanding Olympic tradition by finishing far from the main stadium. The route begins and ends in The Mall, and …
Interior of the Roundhouse, one of the buildings English Heritage’s campaign has helped save. Photo / MykReeve Deadline passes for 2012 Olympic stadium bids. New Met recruits to be drawn from pool of special constables. The British Museum will reduce opening hours from January, to …
By Sinister Pictures Seb Coe has hit back against critics who say plans to route the 2012 Marathon to the Mall rather than the Olympic Park show shame or embarrassment about the East End. He explains LOCOG’s proposals are about logistical merits, meshing the marathon …
Image by SabineThole from the Londonist Flickr pool Anyone concerned about not being able to move in London during the Olympics might be interested to hear that the three previous host cities received significantly fewer visitors than expected during the Games. Figures from the European …
Marathon runners. Photo / zakgollop East London is in danger of losing the 2012 marathon route, but Tower Hamlets council won’t let it go without a fight. The Met launch a campaign urging people to lock their doors; makes a change from the time Ian …
Photo / Big Rock Cat Whatever the pros and cons of intrusive advertising campaigns, there are some icons that shouldn’t be messed with. So the news that the bascules (the lifting sections for non-architectural folk) of Tower Bridge might become a huge billboard is of …
The City of Westminster is to give its approval for a clock in Trafalgar Square that will count down the hours, minutes, and seconds until the 2012 Olympics begin. The 6.5m tall clock, sponsored by Omega and emblazoned with the lewd Lisa Simpson-inspired logo, will …
The Olympic Stadium taken by Andy Wilkes on 9 September 2010 Applications open today for 2012 McGames Makers – the volunteer fleet who will do much of the unglamorous, on the ground logistical work around the Olympic Park. Brilliantly, LOCOG have roped in a svelte …
Photo / Homemade Student art comes to Kennington Tube station. Plans for the 2012 triathlon and marathon swim released. Thought the banks were humbled? Think again: HSBC threatens to quit London if the Government breaks up big banks. MI6 worker sentenced for attempting to sell …
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