2009
12
Nov
Boris Johnson’s competition for building an Olympics tower (the £15M cost of which will be funded by Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate) have received a number of “interesting” entries, including one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
2009
26
Oct
Full marks to Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, for thinking big.He has plans for a massive erection, to be erected for the London 2012 Olympics, that will rival the Eiffel Tower.The 400ft tower (a cross between a Native American totem pole and a pylon) …
2009
9
Oct
The London 2012 Olympics is rapidly morphing into the “flat-pack Olympics”, as 17 sports will end up with zero bricks-and-mortar legacy at the end of the games.Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 OlympicsDon’t forget to visit www.theolympicsware…
2009
2
Oct
I see that Boris Johnson is going into battle against the IOC et al, over plans to build a £40M temporary venue near the 02 in Greenwich.According to Adrian Warner of the BBC:”Expect plenty of rows on this for months yet. And also expect Johnson to di…
2009
20
Aug
It seems that the Leabank Square Residents’ Association (who reside in the shadow of the London Olympic construction site) have fallen foul of the Olympic Development Authority (ODA), in a dispute over comments made on the residents’ blogsite.The blog …
2009
16
Jul
Over £20M per annum, for the next 3 years, will be cut from the London budget to cover irregularities in the 2012 Olympics accounts.The black hole (estimated at being between £60M-£100M) in the accounts means that the London Development Agency, the …
2009
25
Jun
The Guardian reports that the slump in property prices has resulted in the number of post Olympic apartments, in London’s Olympic Park, being reduced from 4,200 to about 2,800.Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 OlympicsDon’t forget to visit www…
2009
15
Jun
Reuters report:”An ancient burial pit containing 45 severed skulls, that could be a mass war grave dating back to Roman times, has been found under a road being built for the 2012 British Olympics.”Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 OlympicsDon…
2009
10
Jun
Figures provided by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show that of the 4,101 workers employed in constructing the Olympic Park, approximately 20% are from the five local boroughs. Within the 20%, only 115 were formerly unemployed in Greenwich, Hackn…
2009
14
May
As expected, the private funds for the London Olympic Village have simply dried up, as the hapless Olympics Minister (Tessa Jowell) was forced to announce that the village has been “nationalised”.In other words the taxpayer is paying for construction, …