Olympic Park

Oct. 23

 

 

I spent a lot of time at parks this week. We did a tour of the Olympic Park for our Urban Studies class. The Olympic Park is from the 2012 summer Olympics, which were hosted in London.

 

Got to see a whole bunch of the buildings and learn why they created them. The idea behind London 2012 was to regenerate east London. They decided to only make things that they needed. So anything that was needed for the Olympics, but wasn't needed for London was removable.

 

The Observation Tower is not only useful, but it is also art.

 

 

The building that was made for the pool, looks like a wave, or a dolphin.

 

 

 

The stadium is still under construction, because originally no football (soccer) teams wanted it, so they were making it smaller after the Olympics, but then a number of teams decided they wanted it. The bid against each other and a team won, and are now making the stadium bigger (seating wise).

 

 

Around the park there are also indications of how well England did in the Olympics. Such as the number of metals they won.

 

 

It's a really awesome place to go visit, and I strongly suggest you find time to make a visit. Although I would love to go to the Olympic Park in British Columbia, and that would probably be more meaningful, for those of us living in Canada, so do that first!