London County Council (1887-1965)
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Development plan: papers, 1945-1956
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/1.1.1
Scope and Contents
File of typescript and printed papers relating to the publication of the Administrative County of London Development Plan, ( 1951) . The papers include proofs of several early drafts, a press release and a typescript report concerning its' preparation. The file also contains a number of committee minutes concerning the plan and flyers for the public information exhibition "London, the next 20...
Dates:
1945-1956
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Architect's Department
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London County Council Architect's Department: Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951
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Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951: development plan
Exhibitions: exhibition papers and photographs, 1951-1959
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/5.1
Scope and Contents
File of preparation notes, papers and photographs relating to exhibitions which the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's department either organised or participated in. Exhibitions include:
"Stepney Housing Progress" by the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, 13-30 April 1959
"Construction and Reconstruction of Towns, 1945-1957" at the International Union of...
Dates:
1951-1959
Exhibitions: exhibition poster and plan, c1951
Item
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/5.2
Scope and Contents
Poster (37cm x 44cm) advertising the exhibition, hosted by London County Council Architect's Department, "Planning and Building in NE London" to be held in County Hall, London from 9-23 October c1951. The poster is printed in blue and white with a map of a suburban street layout, at approximately 1:2500 scale, as a background image. Floor plan (50cm x 84cm) by Sir Robert Hogg Matthew, of an exhibition layout at 1/8" to 1' scale. This is probably a plan for "Planning and Building...
Dates:
c1951
Festival of Britain Exhibition: papers, 1951
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.2a
Scope and Contents
File of papers relating to the "Live Architecture" exhibition in the Lansbury Neighbourhood of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar which was staged by London County Council Architect's Department as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The exhibition showed the newly reconstructed neighbourhood and allowed public access to a number of the buildings. The file consists of: plans of the exhibition, some annotated with route plans for the walking tour;...
Dates:
1951
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: Lansbury Neighbourhood
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Lansbury Neighbourhood: Festival of Britain Exhibition
Festival of Britain Exhibition: posters, 1951
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.2b
Scope and Contents
2 posters (77cm x 102cm) advertising entry to, and the publicly open buildings in the reconstructed Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbouhood no 9) of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This was organised as the "Live Architecture Exhibition" in the Festival of Britain 1951. 1 poster, in full colour, graphically displays the idea of new homes rising from the rubble of post World War II destruction. The other poster in black and green gives general...
Dates:
1951
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: Lansbury Neighbourhood
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Lansbury Neighbourhood: Festival of Britain Exhibition
Lansbury Comprehensive Development Area: Lansbury model of stage 1, 1940s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.5d
Scope and Contents
10 black and white photographic prints (16cm x 21cm) showing an architectural model by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The model shows stage 1 of the reconstruction scheme for Lansbury Neighbourhood, part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar at 1/32" scale. This is the area which comprised the "Live Architecture" Exhibition for the Festival of Britain in 1951.
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: Lansbury Neighbourhood
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Lansbury Neighbourhood: photographs
Lansbury Neighbourhood: Festival of Britain Exhibition, 1951
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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.2
Scope and Contents
Papers and posters relating to ther "Live Architecture Exhibition in the Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9) of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This was staged by London County Council Architect's Department as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951:
- papers, (1951)
- posters, (1951)
Dates:
1951
London County Council: Architect's Department, 1940s-1964
Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D
Scope and Contents
London County Council: Architect's Department consists of:
- Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951, (1945-1958)
- planning manuals and methodologies, (1940s-1959)
- staffing issues, (1945-1959)
- general work, (1944-1964)
- exhibitions, (1951-1959)
- sociological reports, (1951-1957)
Dates:
1940s-1964
London County Council Architect's Department: exhibitions, 1951-1959
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/5
Scope and Contents
London County Council Architect's Department: exhibitions consists of:
- exhibition papers and photographs, (1951-1959)
- exhibition poster and plan, (c1951)
Dates:
1951-1959
Stepney: papers and architectural model photographs, 1950s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.1a
Scope and Contents
Photographs of architectural models of neighbourhoods 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The models are at a small scale and show the entire neighbourhoods. One photograph shows one of the models on display in an exhibition concerning the reconstruction of the area. The file also contains 2 variant programmes for the official opening of the King George's Field housing estate in Stepney, by His Royal Highness the Duke...
Dates:
1950s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: other areas
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Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Stepney
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