It is being hailed as the “the greatest new urban park for a century” and once the snow has subsided it will soon be open for you to enjoy.
With its new name, The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park the new public space will be London’s second attempt at a modern day Pleasure Gardens as the first went a little tits up.
This new “21st century pleasure garden” will include a wide tree-lined avenue with a series of “outdoor rooms” coming off it. Lawns have been designed to pick up afternoon sun and there are also dedicated play areas and even space for a carousel.
The London Legacy Development Corporation who are redeveloping the site are planting 4,000 trees, 127,000 shrubs and more than a million herbaceous plants ready for the public to enjoy.
There will also be a cafe, BMX track, bike trails, a “festival-ly, bustling, busy area”, a series of bridges that reveal the lock and waterways underneath the park, a natural amphitheatre running down to the water that will likely show screenings in the good weather, a big plaza roughly half the size of Trafalgar Square, a focus on wildlife and wetlands and a large lawn that will probably hold a number of London festivals.
All this will be ready for all of us to enjoy by spring 2014.
