Hi all again,

I nipped in to the New London Architecture gallery
(http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/) yesterday. They've got a little
exhibition on various exciting new things that are being built in London;
it's fairly light on actual information, but has loads of maps and
maquettes, including a superb 1:1500 model of the whole of central London
- it's bigger than my living room!

Anyway, i noticed, or was reminded, that stuff - including the Stratford
International station and perhaps some Olympic follies - is being built on
the 'Stratford rail lands'. What exactly are these? What's there now? What
was there before? Are or have any freight-related facilities been moved or
closed because of these plans?

Also, while we're at it, to what extent can and is the Olympic project
being funded by value capture in the regeneration area? The maps i saw
make it clear that the plan is to make the Lea Valley a desirable place to
live, and to move lots of people there; that should be a great opportunity
for value capture.

tom

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