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 EastEndersTVBNOW 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 b! G/ F/ f1 p4 v; N! T; z3 a
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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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But Leyton High Road, just round the corner from the Olympic Park, has undergone a remarkable transformation.
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# J2 }2 V8 v+ e7 jInstead 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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& R" l& y- m# X8 Gwww2.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., N8 L5 O% X9 I& f* N0 Q
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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. 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。, p4 g% U% u d
# A8 m. X8 W; Q3 n( NEven 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- H. [% k1 G; I0 i# \
3 Y/ W' p! J+ H+ B2 a. K+ }As part of the makeover, many businesses have had their frames, awnings, windows and doors replaced. M/ [) Y; C, F5 ~: Z
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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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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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- P7 _) q2 C( E# N5 |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
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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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5 x6 U7 J& c. f6 h" Iwww2.tvboxnow.comA 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。- N: W8 [: s" _& y
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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
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+ k6 C, t+ j( d' P8 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLast 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. / e3 o: H m7 I9 v/ ]- k8 A) z
- j, M f0 U$ I; k+ ?公仔箱論壇‘People can window shop and trade has picked up. 公仔箱論壇' d% G+ L5 F, ]8 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.’ tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) [) d2 V* z: \; w+ I. n
S4 A, Z( Q0 h+ u! R# C( z; g公仔箱論壇Shamima Bung, owner of Blackwell’s newsagents, was also pleased with the transformation.
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% c3 A5 ?$ q5 t' F' }9 A K‘The area’s definitely gone up market. The high street looks a lot better...now it is a matter of keeping it this way.’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。+ R0 }2 {2 B& F! Y5 k: I
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But Mrs Bung said she had been reluctant to replace her shutters.
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‘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.’ 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。+ |( D% P9 y% K* A- e& g
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" g. d" @- V% E6 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA hair salon, Pizza Hut and Blackwell's news agents are not looking particularly inviting before the transformationwww2.tvboxnow.com, n5 a( ?6 B0 z2 d
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( h/ w* c) o, t0 f" j( \' l/ i; F! z' d% bLeyton High Road has been given a touch of Kensington with paint and new signs - even the bus stop commercial is more inviting than beforetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, W: n/ X0 w3 u8 a$ l' w
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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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6 s" B, i) v6 S% c( X, 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. {, b. ]: E' Y2 p$ s1 H5 g4 a
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Leyton High Road will host the Olympic torch relay on July 21.
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And 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. 公仔箱論壇' r5 M: G9 g, R8 t0 Z& m4 q4 ?
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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.’公仔箱論壇% h4 R- t. z9 e L7 c
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