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。3 |' X/ R0 m3 X
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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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{; m7 A" r, k, C5.39.217.76But Leyton High Road, just round the corner from the Olympic Park, has undergone a remarkable transformation.# Q% Y5 ?$ }8 P" Y
* \- k* V5 \# g/ `! Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbInstead 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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Tatty: This is what the shopfronts looked like before the makeover which was brought on by the upcoming Olympics
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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6 v0 g) A* q! H6 n6 ]- b3 W% N
9 F2 o; p# Z; h+ q. gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShop 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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$ n# l" g/ C' b2 B/ P5.39.217.76As 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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7 K7 T7 P p4 E* s+ u8 ?: Y8 y5.39.217.76The 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.
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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 tourists2 m% x1 b5 V, T' q% ~
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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
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' V- i) N+ F% ~3 p* c; L/ 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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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 End: R' X/ S: ?. Y9 I; [( M1 l& ^0 d
8 Q7 s/ v& K/ N! r' q- \* ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLast 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. ' J: D, Z+ ?# v6 J; f
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4 |0 m- T/ Z9 Q; Q& B8 XShamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.5.39.217.767 ~, j% e, n- H9 c
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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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, S6 p7 G$ M% s) T' f+ G公仔箱論壇But Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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1 a9 g8 _% X. c* itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘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.’ 公仔箱論壇9 U. b; m" h3 x/ |5 G; w8 |
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0 n- |8 ^4 o- w. i( A5 W4 h- jLeyton 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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5 W# ?/ L4 i! \# f! r" ^ I+ Ptvb 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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... and after it has been given an Olympic makeover with many shops now sporting internal shutters so the shopfronts can stay lit up at nighttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" H+ L- l8 Z" h* E* w1 J
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Leyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21. 公仔箱論壇5 x$ g( ^0 P) e# [5 o) t
& l" _. l) H1 e C v$ N5.39.217.76Chris 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.’公仔箱論壇1 E! c" |* I2 M+ X( r
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And it is not just the shops which have had a makeover.
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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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5 S: I6 y, T4 h1 m9 G/ ^0 ]' V# g- k5.39.217.76Unsightly 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.’5.39.217.762 T6 U0 {" Q7 K1 L! C2 R' F
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