Futurist computer generated graphics showing how one of Britain's poorest neighbourhoods could be transformed by the nation's first high-speed rail super hub were released today. To the sound track of 'We Built This City' by Starship, the YouTube clip shows how vast swathes of derelict or underused industrial land -- around Old Oak Common in NW10 -- could be transformed into London's newest city. The ambitious regeneration vision, which has been dubbed Park Royal City, shows 12,000 new homes and businesses and 115,000 extra jobs (40,000 in H&F) created around an unrivalled convergence of transport routes in north-west London. The four minute video, which was put together by Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council and internationally renowned architects Farrells, was released as a growing coalition of west London businesses leaders and residents came forward to back the plans. Read more here: http://bit.ly/pJMbz9
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