In July 2005, 57 years after the city last played host, the International Olympic Committee announced that London had won its Olympic bid and the Games would be held across the east of the city in 2012.
This ‘living’ archive is charting changes in East London in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, recording how the area is affected by developments and analysing the success of the Olympic bid’s commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of East London residents.