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designation of Stratford station as Stratford International and formed part of, then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone’s London Plan, which had identified east London’s development and expansion as both desirable and necessary. “And then this strange Olympics thing came along,” says
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Jonathan Kendall, partner at Fletcher Priest and alongside Arup Urban Design, and landscape architects West 8, author of the
n 2002, Fletcher Priest had a plan. A masterplan. The plan was to redevelop a large area of Stratford, creating a new London district. The masterplan tied in with the re-
Stratford City Masterplan. The plans for Stratford formed a key part of the 2005
Olympic bid. What is now the Athletes’ Village, with the focus on redevelopment of a deprived area, sustainability and best- practice in urban design, is one of the major factors responsible for the UK’s success in securing the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. It will house all of the sportspeople and their support teams for the duration of the competition. Kendall is remarkably sanguine about having his deadlines more than halved, and the project being not only in the public eye, but the
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