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
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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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( X) u% j& F( m/ w$ Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBut Leyton High Road, just round the corner from the Olympic Park, has undergone a remarkable transformation.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ g0 x* ~3 n/ R; b+ B
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' m: |# w! \2 C# Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTatty: This is what the shopfronts looked like before the makeover which was brought on by the upcoming Olympics ]* D8 G7 G6 x; `# w5 Z* ^
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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.
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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. os.tvboxnow.com4 p6 r1 o4 X# u: w
: a4 N* o$ U" a6 A9 o; [公仔箱論壇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.0 K2 f3 ]" S# R7 W, D
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As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. % H1 n/ E; `% ]3 I P- F' {
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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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# R$ O4 e) y3 N6 k公仔箱論壇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.; I' Z8 `3 ?- o p: @& q
1 I. j7 N' O8 n) i d, [- D9 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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/ Z; L8 \ o0 J7 z* f+ S
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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 touristsTVBNOW 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。5 H: U) M( u# }' G9 Y+ F: y
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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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, q" _' n; M j& _A plastic sign advertises sale prices at the women's fashion shop and the KFC branch has a standard full-glass frontos.tvboxnow.com6 `. e, G0 A4 I
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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* J( b) N. y3 r; c( q. e: z( Y
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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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( K2 q3 N5 O K- R‘People can window shop and trade has picked up. 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。/ C1 N- I4 Q% I0 C6 _
! h( y+ b( f- i‘Having the shutter inside means people can see in the window all the time, which is like a 24/7 advert for us.’ 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 e6 L8 N4 J# _+ Z
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Shamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.
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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.’os.tvboxnow.com1 ^" g; E0 w `: a3 f
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But Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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; N3 @9 f- K9 O" r‘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,bttvb0 p7 c: ]6 |$ o- h; B" ?
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4 s: Y. z, T2 t% E3 y公仔箱論壇A hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformation) k% B+ @+ s/ z X2 E
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7 L- i+ |+ `: A! G0 N" a% pos.tvboxnow.comLeyton 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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. i/ I' J7 a* }* y# V+ \7 Uos.tvboxnow.comThe 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...6 {9 l. \: p; T; B6 G0 S Y
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: {1 K+ p U: a |2 F... 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.
8 k1 [0 o: H% g% M8 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。
' o P5 {/ U. ?6 _5 [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。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。5 f: v, R: M q4 } ?1 b
' L0 m5 S. ^: g4 p0 M' Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd 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.
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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, X2 n& w: ~8 n4 {. M* W
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