Olympic Park 2012 » Olympic Stadium http://olympicpark2012.com/blog Your Unofficial Guide to East London, the New Park & the 2012 Olympics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:02:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Olympic Park Tour Photographs http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/olympic-park-tour-photographs/ http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/olympic-park-tour-photographs/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:05:15 +0000 admin http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/?p=267 Getting onto the bus for the tour of the Olympic 2012 site in east London The velodrome close up Viewing the arena from the tour bus Close up of the major olympic buildings View of the roof of Zaha Hadid's olympic 2012 building from below View up the canal The uncompleted energy centre First stage of Olympic flats construction is the lifts. ]]> http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/olympic-park-tour-photographs/feed/ 1 French Visit to the Olympic Site http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/french-visit-to-the-olympic-site/ http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/french-visit-to-the-olympic-site/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:07:53 +0000 admin http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/?p=241 Last weekend, despite the torrential rain, visitors from Paris enjoyed the stunning view of the emerging Olympic Park complete with a rainbow just over the main 2012 stadium!
French Inspection

]]> http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/french-visit-to-the-olympic-site/feed/ 0 View Tube : Olympic Park Viewpoint & Cafe http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/olympics2012delivery/view-tube-olympic-park-viewpoint-cafe/ http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/olympics2012delivery/view-tube-olympic-park-viewpoint-cafe/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:43:35 +0000 admin http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/?p=224 IMG_6593
I noticed this yellowish/greenish building appear some months ago and mistook it for a temporary venue for construction workers, like those near the Olympic Stadium. In fact it is the so-called View Tube, which:

“….is a social enterprise and community venue located on The Greenway adjacent to the Olympic Park. It was built using recycled shipping containers whose construction and installation was delivered by Urban Space Management.”

It is a great place to get a look out over the development site, take pix and visit the cafe. The infomation gives a good overview of the plans for the area, with maps and view-point descriptions, of where you can look out over the Aquatics Centre and Staduim.
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You can get there from the greenway:090922_view-tube-directions
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]]> http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/olympics2012delivery/view-tube-olympic-park-viewpoint-cafe/feed/ 4 Stadium Coming Full Circle in under 6 months http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/stadium-coming-full-circle-in-under-6-months/ http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/stadium-coming-full-circle-in-under-6-months/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:24:54 +0000 admin http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/?p=149 Stadium Top Tier Completed 17th July 2009

Stadium Top Tier Completed 17th July 2009

The final Truss of the Olympic Stadium’s Shell was put into place today 16th July 09, around five and a half months since we saw the first of those steel ‘roof pieces’. The completed circle looks striking, and much more attractive than the dodgy soil and disused printworks we use to have.

It is 14 months since work began, and actually the end July target ODA set for the Stadium was to only have started the roof structure. So hats off to the busy construction contractors McApline (also responsible for Arsenal’s ‘emirates stadium’). This is helping to raise expectations of a smooth run up to the games in the next 3 years.

A lot of work remains to be done of course on this and other key buildings. I expect we will see the swimming pool shape up first, then the basket ball arena as contracts have recently been given out. As the Ayrshire Post reports, “BARR Construction has won a share of a £58m contract to build a basketball arena for the London Olympics.”  More on those ones later, right now I am happy to add a picture to the set of timelapse photos, which has a full top tier ring!

]]> http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/site-construction/stadium-coming-full-circle-in-under-6-months/feed/ 0 View of the Olympic Stadium July 2009 http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/olympics2012delivery/view-on-the-olympic-park-arena-july-2009/ http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/olympics2012delivery/view-on-the-olympic-park-arena-july-2009/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:27:44 +0000 admin http://olympicpark2012.com/blog/?p=144 Arena 3rd Jul 2009

Olympic Arena 2012 being built in East London on 3rd July 2009

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17th July 2008

Olympic Stadium February 2009

Olympic Stadium January 2009

Olympic Stadium December 2008

Olympic Stadium 2012 growing in 2008 - Nov

Olympic stadium 2012 October 2008

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13th February 2009 Olympic Park stadium

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