Summary: London 2012 promised both a successful global sporting event and a regeneration legacy spreading from its Stratford epicentre across London. The Games themselves were rightly seen as an international triumph; the long-term judgement will be based on how well they fulfil their promise to create new communities in East London, and on the wider benefits to the rest of the capital in terms of housing, transport infrastructure and commercial investment Part 2: Lara Kinneir, Director, CASS Urban Research Projects, formerly with London Development Agency's Olympic-boroughs team and currently contracted to investigate temporary uses by LLDC and to help with community work in Olympic neighbourhoods by the Diocese of London.
