Sunday Seasoning #16
Every week we select a photo from the Londonist Flickr pool, taken in the last seven days, that illustrates this season or time of year in London. This week, an Olympic-sized storm is brewing in Stratford, shot by Scott Cadman.
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West Ham To Olympic Stadium: Minister Says ‘No’
The Hammers’ hopes of planting themselves in the Olympic stadium post-2012 have receded after Olympic minister Tessa Jowell rubbished the idea. Speaking during her taxpayer-funded jolly fact-finding mission in Vancouver, Jowell insisted that the stadium would be used to host England’s second most popular sport, …
Dizzee Rascal Doesn’t Rate The Olympics
Dizzee’s reputation as the media’s go-to guy when they want the inside track on what the black yoof think continues as the Evening Standard devotes a whole article to the rapper’s views on the Olympics. The Bow-born artist isn’t happy about what’s happening to his …
Morning, Stadium
2012 stadium Yesterday crowds flocked to nibble a Giant Cupcake in Covent Garden. At about the same time over in East London the Olympic Stadium – known fondly by some as the ‘cupcake’ – had its final roof bit moved into position, completing the elliptical …
London And The World Cup(cake)
By Herschell Hershey via the Londonist Flickrpool We just can’t seem to get the thought of cupcakes out of our minds this week, what with the upcoming Throwdown on Friday. Boris can’t seem to either. Despite fears that spectators might be sprinkled upon during games, …
Inside the 2012 Olympic Park
It’s one year today since construction began on the Olympic Park at Stratford. Driving through the vast building site yesterday, the progress is apparent and staggering. The stadium, of course, is already a significant landmark on the East London skyline. But other buildings are also …
First Run To The Olympic Park Tomorrow Morning
running to the cupcake If the today’s morning sunshine continues into Sunday, you might want to know about the Newham Classic 10k race taking place around Stratford, leading to the Olympic Park. It’s too late to nab a race entry, but if you’re up and …
Fish Eye Olympic Stadium Spy
It’s 3 years ago on Sunday that London found out we’d be hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. The fate of Forman’s Salmon Smoking factory was thereby sealed as it was the exact spot that the new Olympic Stadium would be built. Forman’s are now in …
Boris Watch On Olympic Sized Bill
Like a newly elected mayor with a point to prove, new London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has continued his pledge to lower the ever spiralling cost of the 2012 Olympics. Earlier this month he raised concerns that organisers of the games were failing to create a …
Olympic Stadium Seat Story Suspect
So we were quite thrilled at the prospect of Olympic stadium seats being recycled or sent on quadrennial international duty for future Games, as reported yesterday but it turns out today, new sources got the story a bit wrong. The Chicago Tribune blames The Guardian …
Olympic Seats Might Go Global
Just a week after we were all taken aback that work on the Olympic stadium had begun ahead of schedule, its fate is being discussed with potential hosts of the next Games and the idea mooted to recycle its seats for reuse in 2016. It …
