Will London's skyline become an eyesore? Nearly 250 buildings of more than 20 storeys are planned for London with four fifths intended as high-rise flatsWill be concentrated in east and central London, which together account for 77 per cent of the new skyscrapersCity of London also has plans for large business high rises, including the Scalpel, the Pinnacle, and the Can of Ham'Interestingly, not many of the buildings we are looking at will be that iconic,' Peter Murray, chairman of New London Architecture told MailOnline By Damien Gayle and Ellie Zolfagharifard Published: 11:25 GMT, 13 March 2014 | Updated: 15:09 GMT, 13 March 2014.
WELCOME. Interesting facts for every stop on the Underground. A loose collection of London-related stuff. How a high-rise craze is ruining London's skyline. The East End tenants facing eviction during the Olympics. Three years ago two junior doctors, both working in East End hospitals, found a flat in a new tower block near the Olympic site in Stratford.
They were perfect tenants, professionals who always paid the £1,256 a month rent on time. But in December the letting agent dropped a bombshell. The rent would jump to £1,500 a month – much more than they were expecting. But worse was to come. They were told they would have to pay nearly £2,000 to remain in their flat during this summer's Olympics – or face eviction. The doctors were outraged and refused to pay. 'Boris Island' estuary airport idea gets off the ground. The idea of a new international airport for London has taken a first step towards reality with news that the government plans to hold a formal consultation on proposals for a Thames estuary hub.
According to reports, David Cameron will announce a consultation by March – when the transport secretary, Justine Greening, will publish the government's broader aviation strategy. The airport, dubbed "Boris Island" after its most prominent supporter, the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, would be an international hub that could open up new routes to the far east and have capacity for connecting flights.
At present, the British aviation industry says the nation is losing out to rivals airports such as Schiphol in Amsterdam and Paris Charles de Gaulle. The government has ruled out a third runway at Heathrow, as has Labour since leaving power. "The recognition today is that it matters to the UK economy, to jobs and to growth. The Silicon Roundabout... in East London. London: an urban neo-Victorian dystopia. Map. Olympics will leave east London an open space to rival Hyde Park. After the athletes have gone and the flame has moved on, the biggest public park in more than a century will emerge from the site of the 2012 Olympics in London.
Its designers hope the 270-acre park (pdf), which will open in 2014, will capture the spirit of the great Victorian parks whose creators hoped to counteract the urban squalor of the industrial revolution. The new park will have two rather more modern goals: to teach people to reduce their carbon footprint and to fight obesity. Map. Choose Event men + 100kg (heavyweight) men + 100kg (super heavyweight) men + 108kg (super heavyweight)
East End Newham and the game-changer games. Sir Robin Wales, the Labour Mayor of Newham, laid his cards on a House of Commons table last week. The communities and local government committee asked him if he had "significant concerns" about the government's regeneration policies. As it happened, yes he did. Europe's biggest shopping mall opens in London - News & Advice, Travel. Westfield Stratford City, which has risen from derelict wasteland in one of the poorest areas in Britain, houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels and Britain's largest casino.
Hundreds of people queued outside the £1.45 billion ($2.3 billion, 1.7 billion euro) mall before the doors even opened on and 100,000 people were expected to turn up on the first day. A saisir à Londres : parc olympique, état neuf. LE MONDE SPORT ET FORME | • Mis à jour le | Eric Albert (Londres, correspondance) Il faut parcourir à pied le parc olympique de Londres pour avoir une idée de son gigantisme.
Le traverser dans sa longueur prend une bonne demi-heure à pas vifs. Partout, d'énormes travaux sont en cours. The Apprentice 2011 - The Official Site. Hooligans (2005. Match Point (2005. The Shard - Overview. The Shard is a broken society's towering achievement. London has suffered an attack.
The damage is ugly, and it is permanent. Most of all it tells us more than we would like to know about the kind of society we are and the moral anarchy that shapes our culture. 20 Fenchurch Street : The building with more up top. Origins of Millwall FC. Origin of the name Isle of Dogs How the Isle of Dogs came by its name, has never been satisfactorily explained and still remains a mystery today.
Various suggestions have been made. One theory is that it is a corruption of the "Isle of Ducks. " Another theory is Henry VIII and Charles II when in residence at Greenwich, they used to hunt in Essex, but kennelled their hounds over the river, in order to save time and expense of ferrying them over when going hunting. On regeneration and other London Olympic myths. In July 2006, London rejoiced at winning the bid to the Olympic Games in 2012.
But who is really doing the rejoicing? Urban planners, certainly, who have carte blanche to carry through a programme of urban reconstruction otherwise beyond their wildest hopes and dreams. In London, Olympic visions tie in nicely with existing policies of regeneration. Made palatable by catchphrases such as "mixed tenure" and "social diversity", regeneration is effectively a policy of interference with existing social structures. Map of London Docklands. The Royal docks actually consisted of the Royal Albert Dock, Royal Victoria Dock, and King George V dock, which combined to form the worlds largest enclosed docks. The first dock to be built was the Victoria Dock, opened in 1855, followed by the Albert Dock in 1880, attracting the chemical, cable and food industries. In 1917 73 people were killed in an explosion at a TNT factory.
In 1922 the last dock, the King George V, was opened.The Royal Docks were the last docks to close, which happened in 1981, leaving many nearby residential areas with high levels of unemployment. The area was also one of the last to be redeveloped and has been a slow process, due in part to its distance from the city. Residential complexes have been built, along with some other commercial enterprises. The North Woolwich Old Station Museum is housed in the former North Woolwich station.Today there is a new station which has been built next door. Tube map. Canary wharf today (Thames Quay) BBC World Service. Londres, un modèle de mixité urbaine fragilisé par la crise économique.
Child Poverty Map: Bethnal Green, Bow And Tower Hamlets Revealed As Worst Affected Areas In UK. The East London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK, according to the Campaign to end Child Poverty, with more than half (51%) of children stricken by poverty. The child poverty map, published on Tuesday, reveals high levels of child poverty throughout the UK, with one in five children (20.9%) currently classed as below the poverty line. The London constituencies of Poplar and Canning Town (48%), Islington South and Finsbury (46%), Hackney South and Shoreditch (45%) and Regent's Park and North Kensington (44%) all feature in the top ten list of the worst affected areas.
The figures also reveal "serious concentrations" of deprivation for local authorities with high levels of child poverty found in Tower Hamlets (52%), Islington (43%), Manchester (40%), Hackney (39%) and Westminster (38%).