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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By Rosie Taylor
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But 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.
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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.com4 M/ d" V6 N- a ]
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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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7 c! e+ e% e. |; y& B% mos.tvboxnow.comShop 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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As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 ?( k- s% R- ^7 w b" P+ }5 h1 y; I
6 F; _' \9 _. ?7 E* S% w; a7 EMost 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. os.tvboxnow.com- s% s; x5 D- L1 y$ k+ f
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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.
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+ w& m, Q1 |- m. M8 Ltvb 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.
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) v, }4 {' [: s! x7 j% q& s0 b. NGrubby: 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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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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A plastic sign advertises sale prices at the women's fashion shop and the KFC branch has a standard full-glass front! W; M# ?0 X/ x7 q0 m+ E
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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 Endtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. B0 t: ~( e2 k( T+ d; f1 A
: x0 d: G4 j! ^, s6 {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。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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0 X: V, _5 U# Q! |% \1 s+ d. w6 {os.tvboxnow.com‘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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Shamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.
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9 {' K" z, R6 f0 J. N9 Q6 |os.tvboxnow.comBut Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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A hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformationTVBNOW 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。) ?2 K- D1 S m/ W
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' V) n. O; @- S- x, K" }, Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeyton High Road has been given a touch of Kensington with paint and new signs - even the bus stop commercial is more inviting than before7 O# \. N+ R- C- C; w& M6 d
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# j$ L# f u1 Btvb 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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) Y$ F8 ^3 K0 l$ u, C* L; `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb... 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. F- g; r1 ]$ q
7 D/ b9 y* C' e+ z$ f6 o" G& A* B公仔箱論壇Leyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21.
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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.’
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; X, y' K6 ]9 a, }
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 `+ V9 S& ^6 i2 B9 O4 p
7 z, {& G# W. u" Xtvb 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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