An urban renaissance in East London

摘要

There is something quite special happening in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. On its way out is the low profile, conventional municipal image of an area that grew up in the shadow of the giant Ford Motor Company works at Dagenham, which in its heyday dominated the local economy and employed some 60,000 people.In its place, a brighter, more vivid and more confident Barking and Dagenham is taking shape, donning the mantle of a busy and diverse cosmopolitan community at the forefront of major regeneration projects, promoting excellence in education and skills and pioneering new standards of environmental improvement.