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| 'This is east London, not Park Lane': Stratford's regeneration, in your words | 'This is east London, not Park Lane': Stratford's regeneration, in your words |
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| There are many aspects to London’s Olympic legacy: more people playing sports, new public facilities, world-class venues, a squeezed public purse. But what have been the experiences of the people in Stratford who saw the Olympics come and go and live in its wake? | There are many aspects to London’s Olympic legacy: more people playing sports, new public facilities, world-class venues, a squeezed public purse. But what have been the experiences of the people in Stratford who saw the Olympics come and go and live in its wake? |
| We asked residents to share their stories of how the regeneration and local changes have impacted them. From £5 cappuccinos to a new local swimming pool, have we seen the loss of the “real” East End or the transformation of a former wasteland into an oasis of urban beauty? | We asked residents to share their stories of how the regeneration and local changes have impacted them. From £5 cappuccinos to a new local swimming pool, have we seen the loss of the “real” East End or the transformation of a former wasteland into an oasis of urban beauty? |
| After all the hype and genuine oasis in the old temple milss | After all the hype and genuine oasis in the old temple milss |
| wild flowers on the bank of River Lea looking toward Stratford under the orbit. I've lived in the area since 1978 and don't know anyone who could get tickets for the olympics. But strangely some years later this beautiful park has grown up in what used to be a totally derelict area of Leyton/Stratford. It connects Leyton with Stratford with Hackney and the river. Marvelous, you can cycle for hours and find something new every week | wild flowers on the bank of River Lea looking toward Stratford under the orbit. I've lived in the area since 1978 and don't know anyone who could get tickets for the olympics. But strangely some years later this beautiful park has grown up in what used to be a totally derelict area of Leyton/Stratford. It connects Leyton with Stratford with Hackney and the river. Marvelous, you can cycle for hours and find something new every week |
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| 13 August 2014, 19:38 | 13 August 2014, 19:38 |
| Social housing, not social cleansing | Social housing, not social cleansing |
| Homes that need people and people who need homes. | Homes that need people and people who need homes. |
| In June 2014, pictures of people facing homelessness and being moved out of London were put up on the boarded up homes on the Carpenters Estate in Stratford E15. | In June 2014, pictures of people facing homelessness and being moved out of London were put up on the boarded up homes on the Carpenters Estate in Stratford E15. |
| The Focus E15 campaign has been active since September 2013 when young residents at the mother and baby unit of Focus E15 foyer in Victoria Street faced eviction from the hostel. The council offered them properties in Birmingham, Manchester, Hastings, hundreds of miles from their families and support networks. This is the social cleansing policy of Labour Mayor Robin Wales who encourages high earners in to the borough and displaces the poor. | The Focus E15 campaign has been active since September 2013 when young residents at the mother and baby unit of Focus E15 foyer in Victoria Street faced eviction from the hostel. The council offered them properties in Birmingham, Manchester, Hastings, hundreds of miles from their families and support networks. This is the social cleansing policy of Labour Mayor Robin Wales who encourages high earners in to the borough and displaces the poor. |
| The Carpenters Estate, once a thriving community of council housing where generations of families have been raised, now stands mainly empty and boarded up. This is a disgrace, when there are thousands on the housing waiting list, people being sent out of London and homelessness on the rise. | The Carpenters Estate, once a thriving community of council housing where generations of families have been raised, now stands mainly empty and boarded up. This is a disgrace, when there are thousands on the housing waiting list, people being sent out of London and homelessness on the rise. |
| This is the Olympic legacy. | This is the Olympic legacy. |
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| santabelles | santabelles |
| 13 August 2014, 9:26 | 13 August 2014, 9:26 |
| Much needed regeneration.. | Much needed regeneration.. |
| What's not to like? A former wasteland changed to a beautiful, flora and fauna filled green space. | What's not to like? A former wasteland changed to a beautiful, flora and fauna filled green space. |
| Go there on any weekend and you see how many people use this space. Great to see some money finally coming into the East End! | Go there on any weekend and you see how many people use this space. Great to see some money finally coming into the East End! |
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| kev1049 | kev1049 |
| 14 August 2014, 1:59 | 14 August 2014, 1:59 |
| In the ten years since I moved to the area I’ve seen it change dramatically. Mostly for the better - the Queen Elizabeth Park is a fresh alternative to our other green space, Victoria Park. You can let the kids go nuts for a couple of hours in the playspaces, hire a bike for a couple of hours or just grab a picnic and enjoy the peace surrounding the wetlands areas...But not all change is for the better. It no longer feels “East End” anymore. With every shiny new bulding that’s gone up, a little bit of the character that gave Stratford its appeal is disappearing. | In the ten years since I moved to the area I’ve seen it change dramatically. Mostly for the better - the Queen Elizabeth Park is a fresh alternative to our other green space, Victoria Park. You can let the kids go nuts for a couple of hours in the playspaces, hire a bike for a couple of hours or just grab a picnic and enjoy the peace surrounding the wetlands areas...But not all change is for the better. It no longer feels “East End” anymore. With every shiny new bulding that’s gone up, a little bit of the character that gave Stratford its appeal is disappearing. |
| The old locals that would regale you with stories of the East End in days gone by as soon as you sat down with a cup of tea are long gone. The market stalls in the Stratford centre are slowly being replaced with ones selling artisan breads and posh cheeses...As much as I love living a hop, skip and a jump away from shops that would normally mean a schlep up to the West End, a swanky new cinema and a beautiful new open space to explore, there will always be a part of me that misses the working class, slightly tatty but much loved Stratford of my childhood. | The old locals that would regale you with stories of the East End in days gone by as soon as you sat down with a cup of tea are long gone. The market stalls in the Stratford centre are slowly being replaced with ones selling artisan breads and posh cheeses...As much as I love living a hop, skip and a jump away from shops that would normally mean a schlep up to the West End, a swanky new cinema and a beautiful new open space to explore, there will always be a part of me that misses the working class, slightly tatty but much loved Stratford of my childhood. |
| - TishyP | - TishyP |
| The Olympic Legacy A Game Of Two Halves | The Olympic Legacy A Game Of Two Halves |
| I'm conflicted about the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games. while I remain rather cynical about the housing delivered following the games (the East Village's gulag-like 'affordable'apartments at £400 a week for a pokey one-bed flat) as a public space is a real winner. | I'm conflicted about the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games. while I remain rather cynical about the housing delivered following the games (the East Village's gulag-like 'affordable'apartments at £400 a week for a pokey one-bed flat) as a public space is a real winner. |
| home to several successful festivals already, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is thronged with people every weekend. It's adored by locals and visitors alike. | home to several successful festivals already, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is thronged with people every weekend. It's adored by locals and visitors alike. |
| (the photo depicts some of the remarkable creators spotted at the Great British Carnival held a few weeks ago) | (the photo depicts some of the remarkable creators spotted at the Great British Carnival held a few weeks ago) |
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| londoneer | londoneer |
| 13 August 2014, 11:15 | 13 August 2014, 11:15 |
| I can’t help but feel that Newham residents are somehow missing out. To me there is a clear divide of “them and us” and that started when Westfield was opened and that part of Stratford was declared “Stratford City” with an E20 postcode with Stratford High Street as the dividing line! There is a terrible problem with social housing, with many people living in overcrowded accommodation, myself included!...Then there’s the social cleansing! If you are unemployed forget about being put on Newham’s housing register. I myself witnessed an elderly couple in retirement age being told that they would be moved out of the borough as there wasn’t accommodation for them in the borough! There is numerous stories like this happening in Newham, yet all the while big plush, luxury apartments are being built, that no-one in Newham would be able to afford! It feels as though the undesirables are being moved out to make way for the desirables. | I can’t help but feel that Newham residents are somehow missing out. To me there is a clear divide of “them and us” and that started when Westfield was opened and that part of Stratford was declared “Stratford City” with an E20 postcode with Stratford High Street as the dividing line! There is a terrible problem with social housing, with many people living in overcrowded accommodation, myself included!...Then there’s the social cleansing! If you are unemployed forget about being put on Newham’s housing register. I myself witnessed an elderly couple in retirement age being told that they would be moved out of the borough as there wasn’t accommodation for them in the borough! There is numerous stories like this happening in Newham, yet all the while big plush, luxury apartments are being built, that no-one in Newham would be able to afford! It feels as though the undesirables are being moved out to make way for the desirables. |
| - Longlashes79 | - Longlashes79 |
| A new pool for the locals | A new pool for the locals |
| Two local inhabitants gaze through the windows of Zaha Hadid's Aquatic Centre, now reconfigured post Olympics as a new swimming facility. | Two local inhabitants gaze through the windows of Zaha Hadid's Aquatic Centre, now reconfigured post Olympics as a new swimming facility. |
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| ireadnaught | ireadnaught |
| 12 August 2014, 10:50 | 12 August 2014, 10:50 |
| House prices have become very silly to put it mildly. If you are on a low income then you won’t stand a chance of buying your own home. Today I can buy a cappuccino for £5. This is E17 not Park Lane. Under all the hype there are still very real social problems that were here before the regeneration and still remain today that I feel are deliberately being swept under the carpet. | House prices have become very silly to put it mildly. If you are on a low income then you won’t stand a chance of buying your own home. Today I can buy a cappuccino for £5. This is E17 not Park Lane. Under all the hype there are still very real social problems that were here before the regeneration and still remain today that I feel are deliberately being swept under the carpet. |
| - Ruth Kosminsky | - Ruth Kosminsky |
| • One in every 35 Londoners is a dollar millionaire, new study shows |
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