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Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation
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Awards recognise 'ingenious proposal'
<a href='http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=15755' target="_blank">World Architecture News - Awards recognise 'ingenious proposal'</a> Marketed towards both residents and tourists, the green urban space is marked for completion in 2012 to coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the London Olympic Games and the Lord Mayor’s Pageant. -
"I'll build river park abroad if it is blocked here," says backer
<a href='http://bit.ly/HtWseW' target="_blank">London Evening Standard - "I'll build river park abroad if it is block here" says backer</a> If planning consent is granted on November 15, it is set to open in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June. -
London River Park to be delayed until after Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant
London SE1 - London River Park to be delayed If it eventually receives planning permission from the City of London Corporation – the London River Park will not be built until after the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
The London River Park had been touted by its backers as the idea place to watch the Queen's pageant and a key attraction for London in the crucial Olympic year of 2012. -
Safety concerns could torpedo £60m Thames floating park
<a href='http://bit.ly/HK8Iu6' target="_blank">London Evening Standard - Safety concerns could torpedo £60m Thames floating park</a> A floating £60 million park due to open on the Thames in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics next summer could sink without trace amid safety fears. Organisers of a 3,000-boat jubilee river pageant in June, meanwhile, believe the park would force them to trim the number of vessels by a third. -
The London River Park: place for the people or a private playground?
<a href='http://bit.ly/t2ZR6J' target="_blank">The Guardian</a> It would make a perfect viewing point for joyous throngs to watch the 1,000-boat river pageant that is planned for the Queen's Jubilee. ...a letter from the Diamond Jubilee organisers, saying that the park would "have a significant negative impact on the river pageant". It would for example make the tide run faster... which would reduce the planned 1,000 boats by a third. -
Gensler’s Thames river park sent back to drawing board
<a href='http://bit.ly/Iq4tGj' target="_blank">Architects Journal - river park sent back to drawing board</a> Gensler had hoped to complete the project, which includes two 10 metre wide floating pontoon sections, in time for the Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations and the London Olympic Games next year (2012). -
In Search of the "High Line Effect": Grading 5 Attempts to Replicate the Magic of NYC's Postindustrial Park
<a href='' >http://artinfo.com/news/story/763203/in-search-of-the-high-line-effect-grading-5-attempts-to-replicate-the-magic-of-nycs-postindustrial-park</a> The London River Park was originally scheduled to open in time for the 2012 Olympics, but was delayed by the Queen’s 60th anniversary celebration (her “Diamond Jubilee” in Britspeak), which involves an immense flotilla of boats, out of "concerns for Her Majesty's safety"...
