Posts Tagged ‘Dave Hill’s London blog’
London legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
Read MoreLondon legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named
The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead
Read MoreLondon legacy: security and towpath protests
Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered
Read MoreKen Livingstone on riots, debt and the end of the world
Labour’s London mayoral candidate has offered a group of sixth form students his recipe for reviving the capital
Read MoreFrustration fallout after EastEnders declines Olympic Park move
The BBC’s decision not to move the production base of its flagship soap to the Games broadcast centre makes the job of filling that space in the long term more difficult
Read MoreBoris Johnson says London riots “are not a simple issue.”
London’s Tory Mayor has said that the riots’ “background field of causation” is “very, very, various.”
Read MoreTelling Ken: the Livingstone roadshow
A public meeting in North Hackney showed Labour’s mayoral candidate in platform-building and listening mode
Read MoreOlympic land saga: salmon and compensation
With London 2012 less than a year away, the land on which the games will take place has yet to be fully paid for
Read MoreLondon Living Wage: a message from the Mayor
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are both trying to claim ownership of the London Living Wage campaign
Read MoreOlympic Park: name that neighbourhood
A competition for the public to name the five neighbourhoods planned for the Olympic Park after the Games provides an exacting challenge
Read MoreBudget night in Hackney
There was a ritual element to last night’s budget-setting in one of London’s stroppiest boroughs. The real politics of cuts have yet to start
Read MoreTory Olympics? What do the ticket prices say?
The ticket pricing structure is attracting criticism from politicians of other parties
Read MoreOlympics legacy: frog pond and debt review
 This article titled “Olympics legacy: frog pond and debt review” was written by Dave Hill, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 29th June 2010 12.35 UTC I cycled to the Olympic Park on Sunday with one of my sons in tow. It was my first visit for a while. The International Broadcasting Centre and Main Press…
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