BoJo's pet Olympic projects seem to have a habit of crashlanding or, in the case of his London River Park, sinking. Other misdirected enthusiasms include the cable car which also probably won't be ready in time to carry people from North Greenwich to Excel while the Trafalgar Square zip wire along with flags and sculptures hasn't been heard of for a while.

Westfield Stratford beyond Bridge LO3 So according to the Guardian's @owen_g

London 2012 announce Westfield as 44th sponsor in a £10m tier 3 deal

The second summer followng the Winter Olympics of 2010 has shown a fall in overnight stays in Vancouver. Instead of a legacy from the Olympics tourism has depended on the Vancouver Convention Centre.

...beached in Westminstergotta love those LOCOG visioneers sometimes!

This story has been updated as it has developed.

What's wicked? What exactly is going on with Hackney WickED? Or with London2012? The HackneyWickED Art Festival has succumbed to the blandishments of the London Olympics. It now includes the OPLC as one of its 'sponsors and partners'.

You've just gotta laugh aven't ya?. London police protecting Olympic Clock

Following previous posts pointing out that the 2012 Olympic Park is not the claimed "largest new park in Europe in 150 years", there was some hurried hype revision and the ODA downgraded it to the "biggest park in the UK for 100 years" while other fellow traveller agencies drifted off message and settled for "biggest new park in London for 100 years" .