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Latest images: Olympic Village
Anthony, ODA Filming Manager
It’s not just sporting venues being constructed within the Olympic Park - the Olympic Village will be built just beside it - a key development on the Park. With accommodation and facilities for over 17,000 athletes and officials during the Olympic Games,


2) ... to this, taken from the same viewpoint this week. In just six months the landscape of the future Olympic Village changed completely:



3) Back in November 2007, the two tallest buildings on the Park, formerly used by the University of East London were in the middle of being demolished:

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4) A massive 50-tonne machine took a matter of just a few weeks to take down each building in turn, no doubt helped by some amazing weather:

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5) Taken from the air, this is a view of the buildings - or more specifically the rubble that remained after the demolition:

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6) Now the rubble has been cleared and the old concrete crushed and recycled. Clean soil taken from elsewhere on the Olympic Park is being spread to raise the ground levels on the site:

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7) The latest view from the Village shows that the creation of the building platform is well underway, with the next step being the start of construction:

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