What of Olympic Park & the legacy for London?

There were plenty of opinion pieces and blogs written during the Olympic Games about how great the Stadium and surrounding venues of the Plaza were: so far removed from the building site images we had grown accustomed to seeing in our media.

Remember how the area developed? Interactive London Graphic

Yet now there appears to be a return to the cones and hazard signage.

Diving Pool for Tom Daley & other divers

Eton Manor training pool-

now en route for Glasgow 2014

The BBC sport website has just produced an excellent piece showing what has happened just 6 months afterwards at the Velodrome, Aquatic Centre, Copper Box and Orbit: these being those parts of the area that survived the demolition following the Games. Olympic Park After all, there is no more Riverside  'Smurf Turf' hockey arena and changes to the Eton Manor & Basketball areas, whilst the Velodrome will be opened to the public along with a safer BMX area.

Scenes from Olympic Park, Summer 2012

But wasn't it good while it lasted...? The Copper Box that rocked

Whilst the legacy of the Olympic Stadium garners much media coverage, the entire £300 million refit to the area is a vast undertaking Olympic Park Refit plans, and seems so remote from the remarkable events of July & August in 2012. 

Here's hoping that the local legacy under Dennis Hone generates a lasting memory of the summer, and a future to look forward to.