Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Huge new urban park planned for Stratford
East London will be home to the largest urban park to be built in Europe for 150 years, organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games have announced...
The park will be home to the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velopark, a multi-sports arena and an outdoor sport complex.
The southern part of the park will focus on retaining the festival atmosphere from the Games, with riverside gardens, markets, events, cafes and bars.
The northern area will use the latest green techniques to manage flood and rain water while providing quieter public space and habitats for hundreds of existing and rare species from kingfishers to otters.
The site will also include 1.9 miles (3km) of restored and previously neglected and inaccessible rivers, more than 15 acres (six hectares) of woodland and more than 2,000 trees.
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The park will be home to the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velopark, a multi-sports arena and an outdoor sport complex.
The southern part of the park will focus on retaining the festival atmosphere from the Games, with riverside gardens, markets, events, cafes and bars.
The northern area will use the latest green techniques to manage flood and rain water while providing quieter public space and habitats for hundreds of existing and rare species from kingfishers to otters.
The site will also include 1.9 miles (3km) of restored and previously neglected and inaccessible rivers, more than 15 acres (six hectares) of woodland and more than 2,000 trees.
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Not sure about the dates for Finsbury park, you are probably right but here is an interesting bit of info about Vicky Park from the Independent:
The Capital's first public park opened in 1845 as a response to public health concerns.
Victoria Park, in Hackney, became popular with working-class families taking a break from the cramped living conditions in the East End.
William Farr, a sanitary reformer, believed there was something the area needed even more urgently than proper drainage, and that was fresh air. "A park would diminish the annual deaths by several thousands, and add several years to the lives of the entire population," he claimed.
London's middle classes were faced with a choice – either open a park for the working class, or run the risk of cholera, typhus and tuberculosis and other such diseases spreading outwards from the slums. This prompted 30,000 people to sign a petition to Queen Victoria calling for an open space and "Vicky Park" was developed.
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