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Eton Mission Rowing Club on the left with bridge to the Olympic Park on the right (April 2017). Photograph: Anne Briggs
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This paper is a critical analysis of the urban geographies of London 2012, the socalled Regeneration Games. London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics on the basis that existing communities and cultures of East London would profit from urban regeneration; the promise of 'local legacy'. Using the analogy of the Trojan horse, we demonstrate that th...
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... Mission is a small, privately run rowing club, which has had its boathouse located at the Lea Navigation canal since 1934. A dispute began between the LLDC and the Club, when an 'Olympic legacy' bridge was planned and constructed directly next to the boathouse (see Figure 2). The bridge opened in August 2013, giving residents in Hackney Wick access to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Olympic sports facilities. ...
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... Mission is a small, privately run rowing club, which has had its boathouse located at the Lea Navigation canal since 1934. A dispute began between the LLDC and the Club, when an 'Olympic legacy' bridge was planned and constructed directly next to the boathouse (see Figure 2). The bridge opened in August 2013, giving residents in Hackney Wick access to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Olympic sports facilities. ...
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