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 EastEndersTVBNOW 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。4 P/ F* i9 q* v
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0 T- v4 q) F& f- s; } t4 G* c3 T: ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.5 L+ G0 \! l+ R4 [+ N4 Q
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Instead of the broken windows and garish shopfronts is a parade more typical of Chelsea or Notting Hill than the East End of London.
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1 j5 G2 B0 ^7 D: b* W# ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPassers-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.
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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.
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Even the local KFC has had its ugly plastic fascia replaced with a sophisticated dark red paint job, a smaller, subtler logo, and a smart new awning." Q0 B" k$ ?; b! D3 J
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As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced.
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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.
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The refurbishment was carried out as part of a half-a-million-pound project to spruce up businesses in the Leyton area before the Olympics.
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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.公仔箱論壇$ H' ^1 l1 p8 b( f; N
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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
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Clean: 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公仔箱論壇 t5 N6 c/ B% L+ c
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2 v! \- ?! ?, t, S* PTVBNOW 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。No more plastic signs for the bridal shop, the pawnbrokers has been re-painted and and even the KFC is looking more high end than East Endtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" I ^- n: M3 M5 r+ I# Y& s' o8 @
' X% \' h6 M& f; SLast 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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 B0 C5 n( ]5 B" H
% J! n$ h2 T" X5 Y公仔箱論壇‘People can window shop and trade has picked up.
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‘Having the shutter inside means people can see in the window all the time, which is like a 24/7 advert for us.’ ( O# ~+ f2 W M) O' z; v2 L- G9 B
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‘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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5 V1 s( Z. f6 r' J7 K- \www.tvboxnow.com‘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.’
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8 k6 \1 I4 G& h- o% c1 \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。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。. M0 u6 r0 w6 \7 q: H) p
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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公仔箱論壇( W ?" @# {$ C4 ?4 j4 Q; P' |
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+ _ s% n- D! \5 v' P公仔箱論壇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...www.tvboxnow.com9 y/ [" H. y: |5 T. y. I
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... 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公仔箱論壇8 g7 ` s% l+ ]4 a9 T* Q
7 [* ~* B2 x! p* w; A, bwww.tvboxnow.comLeyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21.
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Chris 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。9 G% \2 R. h8 P" X
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And it is not just the shops which have had a makeover.
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The pavements have been cleaned, the street signs replaced with modern ones and the lamps given a contemporary update.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& K1 N& n1 W# f
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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.
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Gordon 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.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: q8 P/ w ]$ S; Z) T
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