Olympian visit

[rich_jacko]

As I was down in London on Wednesday, I decided to go take a look at the Olympic Park after work. You can't go in, of course, but they do guided walks around the edge and the surrounding area.

The site itself was still covered in building work (51 days to go!). The legacy plans sound, if anything, more impressive than what's there now, which I suppose is as it should be. One thing I slightly despair of is the blatant commercialism - More money and effort seems to have gone into the shopping centre that everyone will have to walk through than into the venues themselves. Still, it was an interesting visit and the regeneration of the area is very impressive. Click the image below for more photos:

Comments

[mathcathy]

It's an observation tower designed to later be a permanent piece of public art.

[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

...although it does look like a mangled helter-skelter. I'm slightly sad that there's no slide in it ;o)