The Olympic high street makeover: Just in time for the Games round the corner, shops get a new look that's more Notting Hill than EastEnders! Q5 i/ V7 |2 Z% o P
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A few months ago it was just an anonymous street of tatty shop fronts – a mishmash of broken signs, tasteless logos, peeling paint and grubby brickwork.
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But Leyton High Road, just round the corner from the Olympic Park, has undergone a remarkable transformation.
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8 E. S! h9 w8 F$ a9 c: C* HInstead of the broken windows and garish shopfronts is a parade more typical of Chelsea or Notting Hill than the East End of London.! z9 W& M7 N5 g( `+ V" Z9 S
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Tatty: This is what the shopfronts looked like before the makeover which was brought on by the upcoming Olympics tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' }- t2 D" \8 ^; @3 H2 J
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8 i& _/ X$ P! `0 X+ \www.tvboxnow.comPassers-by admire the shopfronts of Leyton High Road after the makeover which will be completed within the next few weeks Each shop, restaurant or cafe has been repainted using a sophisticated palette of deep reds, pastel greens, purples and browns.0 u* H/ j4 m; b4 d, o+ A1 g! G
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Shop names in charmless neon or plastic have been replaced with hand-painted signs adorned with elegant calligraphy or old-fashioned metal lettering. www.tvboxnow.com! z$ d8 C7 Y: W0 ]
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As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% s3 l H8 [# x4 P2 V) @) u6 b
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Most have also been fitted with internal shutters – sitting just within the windows rather than outside them – so the shopfronts can stay lit up at night. 1 [: T1 r) O# V+ o
v/ s/ O0 T! U9 r, R2 r. itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe refurbishment was carried out as part of a half-a-million-pound project to spruce up businesses in the Leyton area before the Olympics.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, T; K1 ?, y5 W) V
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It is being funded by a £475,000 grant from the Government’s Working Neighbourhoods Fund as well as money from Waltham Forest Council.
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Grubby: Before the clean-up the street was lined with broken signs and dirty awnings - not the face of Britain officials would want to show the incoming tourists% q' a X) T; u+ z! f3 M
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7 }$ E) ^. s, t# |www.tvboxnow.comClean: The shop facades on Leyton High Road have been much improved, but it came at a price. The re-decoration of the street cost £475,000
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# s Q& K( V5 M. A! c+ z5 ]8 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA plastic sign advertises sale prices at the women's fashion shop and the KFC branch has a standard full-glass front
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D s+ [1 J% h公仔箱論壇Last night shopkeepers expressed their delight with the results. Panayiota Philippou, who manages Princess evening wear and bridal boutique with daughter Theodoula, said: ‘The street is much nicer now. 公仔箱論壇+ Q. ]# n+ h) i
" K( G* V" ^8 i* |$ Z6 g‘People can window shop and trade has picked up.
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* |0 T& j( W6 n# O' s% [# [2 A公仔箱論壇‘Having the shutter inside means people can see in the window all the time, which is like a 24/7 advert for us.’
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Shamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ g6 R: }; u. R$ n7 K7 c1 S2 L
% d- r% I9 K8 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘The area’s definitely gone up market. The high street looks a lot better...now it is a matter of keeping it this way.’
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% p; x. j# p. J- \- bwww.tvboxnow.comBut Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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‘The inside shutters look nice but I do go home worrying if I’ll still have a window in the morning,’ she admitted. ‘After all this is East London, not Kensington.’ tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! S: ~ C; ]( h; V
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A hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformationTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 i5 @5 z8 d& g5 M* L* d! ]
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Leyton High Road has been given a touch of Kensington with paint and new signs - even the bus stop commercial is more inviting than before
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The project has been funded by Government¿s Working Neighbourhoods Fund and Waltham Forest Council. Here is a green grocers on a corner of the High Road before...
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4 ], G/ q3 a9 U, awww.tvboxnow.com... and after it has been given an Olympic makeover with many shops now sporting internal shutters so the shopfronts can stay lit up at night
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Leyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21. www.tvboxnow.com! G4 r" o! d1 B
0 t" x; M. ^, o. tChris Robbins, leader of Waltham Forest Council, said: ‘This stretch of Leyton is a gateway to the Games. It will be on display to the world in July and we want our streets, homes and businesses to do us proud. This was a fantastic opportunity to smarten up Leyton.’TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( S+ D0 }% \, A8 W) |1 Q8 p
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And it is not just the shops which have had a makeover. 公仔箱論壇 n! A+ b, A) D2 H. _
4 S" \: f D5 \' D2 ~/ h! g" l1 |www.tvboxnow.comThe pavements have been cleaned, the street signs replaced with modern ones and the lamps given a contemporary update.公仔箱論壇1 o: n( b; ]& Q; f
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The walls of the flats above the shops, which were a dirty brown, have been jet-washed back to their original sandy colour, with some painted in bright shades to complement the shopfronts below.
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Unsightly satellite dishes have been moved, and the mass of burglar alarms and CCTV cameras on the walls above each shop has been tidied up. , |" K. Q0 D6 R2 w+ ]. L
+ N9 X8 t$ H. V0 O4 |1 HGordon Bennett, of Bennett Developers, one of four contractors on the project said: ‘We have up to 22 men working ten hours a day, including weekends, to get the work finished in time. The whole street looks cleaner.’
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