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公仔箱論壇' a+ J$ c# X" z
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1 @+ z4 Z4 B( t7 tos.tvboxnow.comA 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.公仔箱論壇8 n, S' `% N1 b8 H# z
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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.os.tvboxnow.com0 s- Y7 H4 H$ }- E) Q+ Q. Q& d' b6 T
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Tatty: This is what the shopfronts looked like before the makeover which was brought on by the upcoming Olympics os.tvboxnow.com; ?; v4 [* o. V2 U* r
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- \6 O* K( h- \3 E1 U) E, c" nos.tvboxnow.comPassers-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.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 N' Z# r5 E0 @, f- _6 c W$ K2 ~
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 `( G! `+ F/ t
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/ x3 c5 o6 q4 n" a6 c5 p' rTVBNOW 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。As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. 公仔箱論壇3 I0 r) |8 ?6 R# B
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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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+ v; ]1 G( ~) m0 f- ?: otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe refurbishment was carried out as part of a half-a-million-pound project to spruce up businesses in the Leyton area before the Olympics.7 M3 e5 t( f6 M$ z( ?8 a
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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 tourists X1 F* L1 J2 [) i4 H# |$ U
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' N! {4 ?( D( K2 ]% eClean: 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7 V3 Q' e" J8 Q' N) \1 T, Y+ X9 F
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; P0 O/ P8 S3 m. y; h5 n5 lTVBNOW 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 plastic sign advertises sale prices at the women's fashion shop and the KFC branch has a standard full-glass frontTVBNOW 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。% ^# `0 U" L: ~) Z5 W! Y! h
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( D. u6 v- A |9 t) }- yNo 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 End6 N9 N% e$ M' |, ?, C; B
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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. + E4 ]- }, | } Q- p( J% u* _
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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.’
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; Q7 D S) \: ]/ l: @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。Shamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.
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* ^" f8 e3 }& W; H公仔箱論壇‘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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But Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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% b2 M/ i4 Y. _1 c; ?5 ?8 g, D$ sos.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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A hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformation
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! k9 g. ?4 d7 T8 s: R, D公仔箱論壇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
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1 t0 e }' t/ C, \& `+ i1 @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...
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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 nightos.tvboxnow.com% m3 L: C! M& l1 b9 T) X
* n7 i' C8 w* ELeyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21. ; X7 g1 ~+ c' F, G1 [$ R
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And it is not just the shops which have had a makeover. os.tvboxnow.com, J" }8 X7 y8 C g
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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.公仔箱論壇1 l ^4 d( x0 C* ?
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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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' N- M$ X. P& r8 n" Z |tvb 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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