https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR9QG5R05pI

Basil Jet wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR9QG5R05pI


They certainly got a lot done since I saw it, just over a fortnight ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/28143062258/in/album-72157695973766644/lightbox/

On 25/05/2018 17:42, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR9QG5R05pI


They certainly got a lot done since I saw it, just over a fortnight ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/28143062258/in/album-72157695973766644/lightbox/

What was the reason for rebuilding that station? Is it because the area
suddenly became "the centre of cool" and suddenly money appeared?

wrote:
On 25/05/2018 17:42, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR9QG5R05pI


They certainly got a lot done since I saw it, just over a fortnight ago:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/28143062258/in/album-72157695973766644/lightbox/

What was the reason for rebuilding that station? Is it because the area
suddenly became "the centre of cool" and suddenly money appeared?


I think the exceedingly basic existing station needed replacing/upgrading
anyway, but instead of simply plonking in a generic replacement, they've
obviously put a bit more money in, to get a proper statement station as
part of the area's regeneration project. What was a poor, industrial zone
is finally getting gentrified, some years after the rest of the area around
the Olympic Park.

On Fri, 25 May 2018 19:21:57 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:
What was a poor, industrial zone
is finally getting gentrified

Where are they moving the poor?

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jhk

On 27/05/2018 13:18, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2018 19:21:57 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:
What was a poor, industrial zone
is finally getting gentrified

Where are they moving the poor?


It was mostly commercial, although a fair few artists/artisan of various
persuasions had moved in over in recent years for cheap space. But the
value of the land for residential development[1] (much of it high-rise)
made it impossible for commercial users to remain - eg the independent
MoT tester I'd trusted for nearly 30 years, the supplier of every
variety of metal pipe and pipe fitting I've ever wanted, the paving
specialists, the ...

[1] some offer "work/live" space - eg the "Fish Island Village"
development by the Peabody Trust charity et al

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On 27/05/2018 13:18, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2018 19:21:57 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:
What was a poor, industrial zone
is finally getting gentrified

Where are they moving the poor?


Shop doorways, etc. ???

On 27/05/2018 21:18, BevanPrice wrote:
On 27/05/2018 13:18, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2018 19:21:57 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:
What was a poor, industrial zone
is finally getting gentrified

Where are they moving the poor?


Shop doorways, etc. ???


Lorries in the dead of night?

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