If anyone asks you what London will be like during the Olympics, send them this image.
From the archive: 1948, Olympic flame arrives at Dover and quickly makes its way to London
HMS Bicester arrives with the Olympic Flame, then a relay delivers the torch to London in less than a day
London traffic lights rigged to win International Olympic Committee’s favor
A Vanity Fair article profiling the political journey that Britain took to secure the 2012 Olympics reports that the bid committee went as far as messing with traffic signals to ensure that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visitors were impressed with the city’s infrastructure. In a story that sounds worthy of a political thriller (or a Bourne film), CEO of the London bid committee Sir Keith Mills says that the team planted GPS trackers in each of the IOC evaluator’s vehicles, planned their routes through the city, and followed them using London’s infamous CCTV system to make sure that they were not hindered by traffic. The operation took place in the London Traffic Control Center and “when they came up to traffic lights… we turned them green.”
Build it and they will come…
my balcony with an 180 degree view over the Shard, St. Paul’s, the Gherkin, Anish Kapoor Olympic scultpure, Olympic stadium, river Thames, and Canary Wharf (actual panorama is 4x46 inches).
MOTIVATION: run!
Monica Bonvicini’s sculpture for the 2012 london olympics ‘art in the park’ programme was recently completed.
(via monica bonvicini: RUN)
‘run’
Internationally-renowned artist Monica Bonvicini was commissioned to design a flagship artwork for outside the Copper Box. Monica designed three nine-metre tall letters forming the word ‘RUN’, made of glass and stainless steel. In daylight, the letters act as a mirror, and at night they become more transparent and glow with internal LED lighting. Monica’s inspiration for the work comes from musical references, such as ‘Running Dry’ by Neil Young, and the many uses of the Park.
BBC Wood Lane: Television Centre
#BBC #WoodLane #TelevisionCentre #sign #WestLondon #London #british #Media #I❤BBC #london2012
(Taken with Instagram at BBC Television Centre)
#british prime minister #davidcameron and #london mayor boris johnson will be among the hosts for the #london2012 #olympics
(Taken with instagram)
bojo & dacam
This picture sums up my last month. Also, you can see one of many new cuts/scrapes/bruises I’ve been accruing.
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I’m still not sure about Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, but damn this is a good poster.
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