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  • The hydraulic arm of a Fiat-Hitachi caterpillar digger frames the 17th Century dome of St Paul's Cathedral during the redevelopment of the southbank in central London. Standing on a pile of rubble it sits idol during a break in reconstruction project that transformed Bankside from an unlandscaped are to a smart walkway in time for the Millennium of 2000. An aircraft en-route to City Airport flies overhead and a Police river patrol boat cruises past too.
    southbank_construction-09-04-2000.jpg
  • Scaled history from the 'Splendid China' model village and modern architecture in the Shenzhen metropolis, China. With a foreground of China's history represented by a classical dynasty constructed in wood and the looming presence of the modern concrete city - the materials separated by thousands of years. We see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, a modern corporate building in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional architecture. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    china_shenzen-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Historical monk figures in 'Splendid China' model village and modern architecture in the Shenzhen metropolis, China. This foreground is of China's history represented by a classical dynasty and the looming presence of the modern concrete city. We see some of the 50,000 ceramic figures and scenes from a period in Chinese history and further away, a modern corporate building in the metropolis contrasting with ancient, traditional architecture. Splendid China is an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. The scale models are of a 1:15 with 100 miniaturized landmarks such as The Terracotta Warriors; Great Wall; Forbidden City; Old Summer Palace etc. all laid out according to their geographic locations.
    china_monks-21-04-1995.jpg
  • A tangle of electric lights are strung together on the ceiling of a West End construction site in London's Soho.
    electricity126-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • In the heart of the City of London, a caterpillar tracked crane tears down the walls of an old 70s office block close to St Paul's Cathedral, England. As a pedestrian walks past the blue hoardings that protect passers-by like him, the rubble is piled high before being removed as spoil to make way for an brand new construction that appears in an artist's impression picture on the right, above two site engineers wearing fluorescent jackets and hard hats. This is a scene of renewal in London's financial district. Of optimism and regeneration as businesses invest in new workplaces and replacing the tired, old offices that cannot accommodate new computer and server cabling technology.  ..
    RB_095-10-08-1999.jpg
  • Against orange evening light, a forest of high-rise cranes stand upright at the masive Canary Wharf development on London's Docklands, England. It is early evening and the crane drivers have left for the day, the day's shift have stopped work before resuming tomorrow. The silhouetted lines of each structure stand out clearly against the skyline before the regeneration of this region of East London grows upward. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
    RB_070-10-05-2001.jpg
  • Education slogan for London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university19-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Education slogan for London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university18-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Education slogan for London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university19-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Seen from the Barmouth Bridge is Coes-Faen Spa Lodge, a former Victorian residence on the Mawddach estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. Coes Faen Lodge dates back to around 1865 and was built by the Lowe brothers, mill owners from the West Midlands, in the late 1800s, when the railway first came to the area and started the transformation of Barmouth (Abermaw) from a shipbuilding, fishing and trading rural community to a Victorian seaside resort destination.
    coes_faen-01-13-09-2018.jpg
  • Seen from the Barmouth Bridge is Coes-Faen Spa Lodge, a former Victorian residence on the Mawddach estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. Coes Faen Lodge dates back to around 1865 and was built by the Lowe brothers, mill owners from the West Midlands, in the late 1800s, when the railway first came to the area and started the transformation of Barmouth (Abermaw) from a shipbuilding, fishing and trading rural community to a Victorian seaside resort destination.
    coes_faen-03-13-09-2018.jpg
  • Seen from the Barmouth Bridge is Coes-Faen Spa Lodge, a former Victorian residence on the Mawddach estuary, on 13th September 2018, in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. Coes Faen Lodge dates back to around 1865 and was built by the Lowe brothers, mill owners from the West Midlands, in the late 1800s, when the railway first came to the area and started the transformation of Barmouth (Abermaw) from a shipbuilding, fishing and trading rural community to a Victorian seaside resort destination.
    coes_faen-02-13-09-2018.jpg
  • Typical old Alpine timber hut and Mount Sassongher  (2,665m) above Corvara in the Dolomites, south Tyrol, northern Italy. The oldest barns in this region are called Tierstaller and follow the same basic design: That of for warmth in the long, hard winters in the mountains and for coolness in the hot summers. But farming has changed dramatically in the Alps. Barns reflect and accompany this transformation. In villages and open landscapes, more and more barns are abandoned, used for other purposes, or falling into disrepair. Contemporary farmers build new barns for stockbreeding, fruit storage, and wine pressing. San Leonardo is in the municipality of Badia populated mostly by people who speak the ancient Ladin language.
    corvara_italy03-18-07-2015.jpg
  • Typical old Alpine timber hut and Mount Sassongher  (2,665m) above Corvara in the Dolomites, south Tyrol, northern Italy. The oldest barns in this region are called Tierstaller and follow the same basic design: That of for warmth in the long, hard winters in the mountains and for coolness in the hot summers. But farming has changed dramatically in the Alps. Barns reflect and accompany this transformation. In villages and open landscapes, more and more barns are abandoned, used for other purposes, or falling into disrepair. Contemporary farmers build new barns for stockbreeding, fruit storage, and wine pressing. San Leonardo is in the municipality of Badia populated mostly by people who speak the ancient Ladin language.
    corvara_italy01-18-07-2015.jpg
  • Typical old Alpine timber hut and Mount Sassongher  (2,665m) above Corvara in the Dolomites, south Tyrol, northern Italy. The oldest barns in this region are called Tierstaller and follow the same basic design: That of for warmth in the long, hard winters in the mountains and for coolness in the hot summers. But farming has changed dramatically in the Alps. Barns reflect and accompany this transformation. In villages and open landscapes, more and more barns are abandoned, used for other purposes, or falling into disrepair. Contemporary farmers build new barns for stockbreeding, fruit storage, and wine pressing. San Leonardo is in the municipality of Badia populated mostly by people who speak the ancient Ladin language.
    corvara_italy04-18-07-2015.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-10-30-06-2020.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-08-30-06-2020.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-07-30-06-2020.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-09-30-06-2020.jpg
  • a motorist turns round at the pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village which has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-06-30-06-2020.jpg
  • a motorist turns round at the pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village which has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-05-30-06-2020.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-04-30-06-2020.jpg
  • The BBC's veteran political broadcaster, Sir Robin Day stands on an equipment box to make a report to camera on College Green in Westminster, on 17th March 1992, in London, England. Sir Robin Day (1923 – 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster and called ''the most outstanding television journalist of his generation'. He helped transform the television interview, changed the relationship between politicians and television, and strove to assert balance and rationality into the medium's treatment of current affairs
    robin_day-17-03-1992.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindesfarne-26-27-06-2019.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-26-27-09-2017.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-24-27-09-2017.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-22-27-09-2017.jpg
  • An employee of an unidentified recycling company used by BAA (British Airports Authority) rakes through a mountain of glass bottles, piled high in a depsitory near Gatwick Airport, Sussex England. The drinks from these branded bottles have been consumed at airport terminal buildings and other BAA property and the man dressed in a fluorescent safety jacket scrapes the containers in readiness for transportation to another facility. The picture is an upright and with such a wide-angle view, we see the bottles stretching from the closest to the lens to the far end of the compartment in a mound of materials destined for a machine that will crush and transform them into new glass.
    RB_015-30-04-2008.jpg
  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-03-30-06-2020.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-25-27-09-2017.jpg
  • A disused boat now serving as a shed for a local fisherman sits upside down on the beach on Holy Island, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Local fishermen on Holy Island considered it a sin to send boats to the junkyard. They instead found a way to transform their old herring boats into perfect little storage sheds for their nets, tools, and other equipment. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
    lindisfarne-23-27-09-2017.jpg
  • A middle-aged woman walks past a large ad billboard for the Body fragrance Burberry Group plc, a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_ad4-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A young man walks with his partner carrying a shopping bag with an image of a macho modelin front of a large ad billboard for the Body fragrance Burberry Group plc, a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_ad3-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A young woman awaits a bus in front of a large ad billboard for the Body fragrance Burberry Group plc, a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_ad2-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A young woman adjusts her shoe in front of a large ad billboard for the Body fragrance Burberry Group plc, a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_ad1-20-10-2011.jpg
  • A young woman walks through a pool of sunlight in front of a giant Burberry poster girl ad of the actress Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley in central London. It is lunchtime and the woman passes-by with a snack and a coffee, wearing a blue dress and with her long blonde hair trailing in the afternoon breeze. Burberry Group plc is a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_girl3-28-09-2011.jpg
  • Woman walks past a giant Burberry poster girl ad of the actress Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley in central London. It is lunchtime and the woman passes-by with a snack and a coffee, wearing a blue dress and with her long blonde hair trailing in the afternoon breeze. Burberry Group plc is a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress unveiled as the face of Burberry's newest fragrance, Burberry Body, in July 2011 but also best known for her work for Victoria's Secret, Burberry, and her role as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, part of the Transformers film series
    burberry_girl2-28-09-2011.jpg
  • A family stand on a grassy bank to cut three figures in long grass on an embankment near the tall Canary Wharf tower structure a mile away in the background at Dockland's area of East London. Above the grassy bank at Mudchute, a city farm on London's Isle of Dogs, England, the sky is threatening with gathering clouds but sunlight still picks out the people against the darkening skyline. It is a seemingly rural location but is, in fact, an area of inner-city London, close to major construction projects, transforming Docklands into a major centre for finance and new housing.
    canary_wharf01-12-05-1991.jpg
  • Brits enjoy a hot summer to watch live coverage from a large tv screen in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Under union jack umbrellas they sit on green grass located on a hilltop where giant Olympic rings act as a backdrop to spectators' family photos.  This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park62-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Brit spectators enjoy a hot summer on their union jack towels in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics, sitting on green grass located on a hilltop across from the iconic Velodrome venue. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park60-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators from many countries pose for family photos beneath giant Olympic rings located on a hill in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park57-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators walk past a large welcoming gateway sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park49-10-08-2012.jpg
  • An eccentric Brit sports fan marches towards the Velodrome in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. In the background is one of the giant pillar signs showing landmark directions. Wearing a red wig and Union Jack t-shirt and shorts, he walks along aone of the main avenues along with thousands of other spectators. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park48-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A landscape of facilities and equipment outside the curved wooden roof of the iconic Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympics. The final bill for the 2012 Olympics could be ten times higher than the original estimate, according to an investigation. The predicted cost of the games when London won the bid in 2005 was £2.37billion. That figure has now spiralled to more than £12billion and could reach as much as £24billion, the Sky Sports investigation claims. The Olympics public sector funding package, which covers the building of the venues, security and policing, was upped to around £9.3bn in 2007. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park39-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A map and exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park40-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park35-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park34-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park33-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park30-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Landscape of the Riverbank Arena, venue for the Hockey, invested in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics but also as future venue for the general public - its purpose undecided. Fencing and barriers protect this secure area during a Hockey game is played and spectators line the seating out of sight. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park28-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park22-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest in the sun and admire the English garden flowers with the main Olympic stadium and basketball arena in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park16-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Families and spectators sing the British national anthem during a medal ceremony for shooting gold medallist Peter Robinson in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park124-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Crowds of spectators gather on grass in the Olympic Park to watch large tv screens of live sports coverage during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park123-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Close-up of Team GB Olympic cycling champion Bradley Wiggins on a large TV screen during the London 2012 Olympics. Wiggins has become a hero for Britons with 'Wiggo's'" victory in the time trial the previous day. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park114-02-08-2012.jpg
  • BBC TV coverage on large screen in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park113-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators cheer on their favourite athletes surrounded by green grass and trees n the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. In the background are giant IOC Olympic rings on a hill. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park108-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators cheer on Team GB's Rebecca Adlington in a swimming heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Holding their union jack's over their heads, two men shout and whoop their support as Adlington comes in first for her 800m race. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park107-02-08-2012.jpg
  • American spectators admire mounted police officers on horseback help control crowds and provide security in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park105-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest outside the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park99-02-08-2012.jpg
  • The world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. or the past 40 years McDonalds has been the Official Restaurant Olympic Games. All official sponsors  they have paid $957 million to the IOC for the 19 days competition. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park101-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A sleeping spectator and English garden flowers during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park93-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators queue outside the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's..Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park92-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest outside the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park91-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest under branded brolleys near the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's..Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park90-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators admire the Ribbon of Gold, 7 annual species of English garden flowers created by 100 staff with the main Olympic stadium in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park85-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators rest under branded brolleys and the artwork known as The Orbit tower in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Standing 115 metres high, the Orbit is the tallest art structure in Britain - offering views over the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park and the whole of London. Located in Orbit Circus in the south of the Olympic Park, the Orbit is London's major new visitor destination by the artist Anish Kapoor. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park87-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators dine outside the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park83-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators enjoy the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics - a French lady and a friend form a human bridge by leaning at a 45 degree angle with the main stadium as a backdrop. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park80-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Children practice winning a sprint final on the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The kids race under a pretend track tape held by two volunteer Games Makers who offer the everyone winners' chocolate gold medals. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. .
    olympic_park81-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators enjoy the grid-like patterned floor in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. As a child does a cartwheel, a French lady lies on the ground to pose for a family photo. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park78-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators consult a detailed map of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park77-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Families occupy a small hill that has the Orbit artwork tower in the background. during the London 2012 Olympics. Standing 115 metres high, the Orbit is the tallest art structure in Britain - offering views over the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park and the whole of London. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park73-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Mounted police officers help control crowds in horseback and provide security in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park72-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Tens of thousands of spectators stretching back towards the main stadium in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park71-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Families climb on to a small hill that has the Orbit artwork tower in the background. during the London 2012 Olympics. Standing 115 metres high, the Orbit is the tallest art structure in Britain - offering views over the Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park and the whole of London. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park68-02-08-2012.jpg
  • An eccentric Brit sports fan marches towards the Velodrome in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. In the background is the main stadium and giant screen showing live coverage of selected Olympic events for crowds lining grass banks. Dressed in a union jack suit and carrying the IOC logo on a flag, he strides along a boadwalk. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park63-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Lithuanian spectators pose for family photos beneath giant Olympic rings located on a hill in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park59-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Team GB men's lightweight four rowers interviewed on large TV screen during the London 2012 Olympics. Juxtaposed with two dispensing workers of expensive beer, one of the British silver medallist rowers from the rowers seems to have a thirst for alcohol after a tight finish and spectators pass by. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park58-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Seen on a giant screen in the Olympic Park, South Africa's gold medallist rowers Sizwe Ndlovu, John Smith, Matthew Brittain and James Thompson celebrate after winning the men's lightweight four rowing finals during the London 2012 Olympics. Spectators pass by as the team members celebrate with emotional hugs in their winning boat a few miles away in west London. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park56-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Dutch spectators rest on the grass near giant Olympic rings located on a hill in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park54-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Giant Olympic rings seen behind a tree located on a hill in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park52-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Families and spectators watch a televised rowing race on the grass in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park51-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A smoking worker enjoys a rest and cigarette in a designated smoking zone area in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park50-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators consult a detailed map of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park48-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators consult a detailed map of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park47-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park44-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park45-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Exterior of the of the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. The London Velopark is a cycling centre in Leyton in east London. It is one of the permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is at the northern end of Olympic Park. It has a velodrome and BMX racing track, which will be used for the Games, as well as a one-mile (1.6 km) road course and a mountain bike track.[2] The park replaces the Eastway Cycle Circuit demolished to make way for it. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park43-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators dine outside on tressle tables near the £105m Siberian Pine Velodrome curved roof during the London 2012 Olympics. Located in the north of the Olympic Park, the Velodrome is one of the most sustainable and iconic venues of the London 2012 Games. Sustainable choices have been made wherever possible; from the sourcing of wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council used on the track and external cladding, to the installation of a 100% naturally ventilated system that eliminates the need for air conditioning. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park41-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Young spectators admire the English garden flowers with the main Olympic stadium and basketball arena in the background during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park38-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A landscape of facilities and equipment outside the curved wooden roof of the iconic Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympics. The final bill for the 2012 Olympics could be ten times higher than the original estimate, according to an investigation. The predicted cost of the games when London won the bid in 2005 was £2.37billion. That figure has now spiralled to more than £12billion and could reach as much as £24billion, the Sky Sports investigation claims. The Olympics public sector funding package, which covers the building of the venues, security and policing, was upped to around £9.3bn in 2007. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village.
    olympic_park39-02-08-2012.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park37-02-08-2012.jpg
  • In the Olympic Park, Brits watch Team GB swimmer Rebecca Adlington in another winning heat in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park33-02-08-2012.jpg
  • The light artwork called Run seen during the London 2012 Olympics. Artist Monica Bonvicini created one of the largest works of art for the Games -a  staggered row of three shiny giant letters - 9m high, 5m wide, 1.2m deep spell out the word ?RUN? and reflect their surroundings like a mirror during the day, blend in with them and reflect the observer. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park32-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators take recently-purchased food away past a menu and price sign in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park28-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators dine outside the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's. Olympic chiefs banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park25-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A spectator uses an iPad for results updates under Coca-Cola branded sponsor brolleys in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Coca-Cola Company has supported the Olympic Games began in 1928, now a 92 years association without interruption. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park22-02-08-2012.jpg
  • With images of Olympian athletes such as swimmer Michael Phelps and long jumper Phillips Idowu, an exterior of the Olympic Megastore in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park20-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Spectators consult a detailed map of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park19-02-08-2012.jpg
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