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What are "double radial lock gates"?

dg writes: Link added.
Unrelated, but I saw this, and thought of you. It seems 'dangleway' is very much catching on!

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2016/jul/27/bikes-buses-bridges-boris-johnsons-biggest-design-blunders
I would say the East Village Shops and Northwall Road should be open by now. Northwall Road winds me up as you pass it on a bus and all you see at the front of it is the road closed sign and temporary barriers in a different location every time. Just seems like a waste, although one time, they did open it up for a bus diversion.
Lynchpin? Surely it's linchpin. Please don't lynch me for helping.

dg writes: Fixed, thanks.
Whilst on the subject of the Olympic Legacy there is also currently a petition on "Change.org" to stop the building of three concrete batching plants and an asphalt works on land adjacent to the Olympic Park and the Greenway previously used as the "Warm Up Tracks" for the Games in 2012. if built they would be working 24 hours each day seven days each week every day of the year.
When I was a youngster in Northampton the river in Beckett's Park had a lock with a radial gate on one end, but it was called a guillotine lock. Long replaced with ordinary gates.
Two 50 storey tower blocks? Ridiculous, I will definitely be objecting to those - not that any objection will make any difference, it's all about greedy developers and money as if we didn't know.

Olympic Park? Don't make me laugh! Olympic Concrete Jungle more like.
Thanks for the link DG. I think the Thames barrier gates move like that, except that they rotate downwards instead of up.

@John Maltby
What is usually understood by a "guillotine lock" gate is one that slides up and down vertically, rather than in an arc like the ones in DG's link. How did the one in Northampton work?
At least the London Olympics have had quite a lot of decent legacy, and not a lot of wasted infrastructure created at huge expense, unlike many other venues for the games (including, I suspect, those about to begin). Thanks to DG for drawing attention to them.
Northwall Road was open to traffic the other weekend - Waterden Road was closed for the Great Newham Run, and cars still needed to get to Westfield. The barriers which have gone up since are a bit more unwelcoming than the ones which were there before. I wonder if some work's going on down there?

And if any of your readers aren't sick of photos of the park yet, I've been taking some too... https://flic.kr/s/aHskFce5ft
I agree the London olympic park has been given a new lease of life, unlike Athens which was just left to rot.
This nimbyism really annoys me. We have a shortage of housing in this city, and with people too scared to build on the greenbelt, the only way to fix it is to build up. Due to heritage and other nimbyish concerns, in the centre of town this will be nigh on impossible, but brownfields sites like Stratford are obviously prime places to do this kind of thing.

I'm sure we'll get another post soon though bemoaning rent and house prices while offering no solutions.
I hope your next update is going to include the greenway entrance which should have been given back by crossrail this month, and the two tunnels over near the purple bridge which should be opened to give access
I was there today, like DG, keeping an eye on developments; it was the busiest Ihave seen for a long time when there is no event on - but everyone was looking at there phones the whole time playing pokemon go. Not sure anyone noticed the work being done at Carpenters Lock.
@timbo I'm struggling with my memory from 50 years ago.
It had a vertical frame and the gate rose vertically in it, but I think the gate was curved and had radial arms hinged at the sides. About 10 years ago I visited, a nearby sign described it as a guillotine lock, but the lock itself was an ordinary one, the sign was later removed.
AgentZ said "2 50 storey tower blocks?. Ridiculous".
Why?. High rises often look OK, have nice views from upper floors, take up a smaller ground footprint,-leaving more park!, and it is homes for people. If the new Mayor has his way some may even be affordable.
Work appears to have begun at the southern entrance to Waterglades, but on the other side of the road. Looks like they'll be taking the pathway through an underpass so it joins up with the pavement (instead of spitting you out on the non-paved side of the dual carriageway).

dg writes: I hadn't noticed, but yes, it has. And I've updated the post, thanks!
Looks like the Smithsonian have abandoned their plans for a London outpost: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/13/smithsonian-v-and-a-museum-london-2012-olympics-site
The shops at east village are doing okay. It's been a slow process, and mostly what's opened have been restaurants and cafe's (Beijing street food, posh chop house, fish and chips, ice cream shop, cafes and a pub. The rest a mix of local service shops such as hairdressers, mailbox, childrens clothing store, dental, nursery and bike shop.

It's doing okay and will no doubt fill in as development proceeds.
Went to the latest stage of consultation about Stratford Waterfront/UCL yesterday at the Aquatic Centre. Really interesting as the detail is now being filled in. The V&A building, inspired by a Japanese incense box, looks promising and the team working on UCL are clearly thinking about how to integrate the site with the rest of the park, given the barrier of the railway. The exhibition is on again on Tuesday - Saturday of this week and then again on Saturday 13th. Worth a visit. As my teenagers can testify there was free fruit and banana cake!
Here's the Guardian architecture critic's (considerably longer, more detailed and excellent) review of the Park's upward legacy.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/03/london-olympic-legacy-stratford-suburb-on-steroids










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