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' p5 t$ U- A% }* L7 N9 N/ g
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& u7 v- B: u: _- a! R' _0 zA 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./ e! ]5 @" b3 v0 J$ R
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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.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。: N6 B3 ^: o( D! N# O4 v% s8 |0 U
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- ]3 v8 y- G8 h5 mTatty: This is what the shopfronts looked like before the makeover which was brought on by the upcoming Olympics tvboxnow.com- \" F; e+ u' j7 ]
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Passers-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.公仔箱論壇) e( L1 _: t/ Y8 r+ R2 H8 y5 F
4 V7 Z) N7 h5 [, M& E. ^tvboxnow.comShop names in charmless neon or plastic have been replaced with hand-painted signs adorned with elegant calligraphy or old-fashioned metal lettering. ! o( q0 \. B# }9 J$ ^; m
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As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. 0 [% V& h$ p6 s& `: Y% z! _) x
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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.公仔箱論壇; f8 Y5 T+ U- C6 m0 s7 j- q
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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.( j. c: c. h* ]0 d
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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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. n; E. W l; U7 K% k3 itvboxnow.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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A 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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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 End0 N+ u) s% C( B5 K& O
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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.
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‘People can window shop and trade has picked up.
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, K. n: E$ m+ @7 v q* l7 O4 y' `$ Gtvboxnow.com‘Having the shutter inside means people can see in the window all the time, which is like a 24/7 advert for us.’ tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* J! T7 Y& g3 P+ P, K
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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.’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。7 Z( A- |% n# E; j+ y& h
- a8 x, H( l0 m' K: @/ H4 x1 utvboxnow.comBut Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.tvboxnow.com0 a Z' ~& j* u& S( y( o
" h* Q+ Z4 K5 {2 B‘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.’ 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。6 P) S) |, o) C3 t( d
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( M% B; ?* C. r8 R n+ wA hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformation公仔箱論壇% j' y' P: W7 ^2 P: t( d
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6 i1 Q! \- f. Q: ]Leyton High Road has been given a touch of Kensington with paint and new signs - even the bus stop commercial is more inviting than beforetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ m' {3 W0 x' }
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* Z+ e4 i8 `0 s* g6 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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, p$ }3 g' n+ Z公仔箱論壇... 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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# h. K# S; k! k! |/ Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChris 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。' ?! n* N8 w9 w8 B1 H
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And it is not just the shops which have had a makeover. 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。& g5 c, X- z9 H8 O% J0 v/ l6 s
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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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* v& W, ?$ X8 x$ x; vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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+ Z- h2 u, K1 }% ], @' d2 z0 ?1 [7 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGordon 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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