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London County Council (1887-1965)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle, 1951-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Elephant and Castle consists of:


  1. assorted photographs and reports, (1955-1956)
  2. plans, (1951-c1955)
Dates: 1951-1956

Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Stepney / Poplar consists of:


  1. general papers, (1940-1961)
  2. Lansbury Comprehensive Development Area, (1940s-1950s)
  3. other areas, (1950s)
  4. plans, (1946-1950s)
Dates: 1940-1961

Elephant and Castle: drawings, 1955-1956

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.5
Scope and Contents

5 copy perspective drawings (24cm x 37cm) of the proposed development at London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The drawings show the pedestrianised shopping areas and the multi-purpose office, shopping and entertainment development. The drawings are hand coloured. 2 are the same copy with differing hand colouring.

Dates: 1955-1956

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

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:


  1. exhibition papers and photographs, (1951-1959)
  2. exhibition poster and plan, (c1951)
Dates: 1951-1959

Plans: Notting Hill Gate improvements, 20 January 1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2.7
Scope and Contents

Copy plan (77cm x 135cm) by the North West Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the location and layout of planned shops and amenities as part of the Notting Hill Gate Improvement Scheme in Notting Hill, London. The plan is at 40' to 1" scale.

Dates: 20 January 1959

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Lansbury Market, 1958-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6d
Scope and Contents 2 copy plans (67cm x 103cm) by the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans show 2 different layouts for the market place in Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9). There is also a small scale elevation by the market's designer Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd. This was the part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at...
Dates: 1958-1959

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: London County Council reconstruction area in Stepney / Poplar - neighbourhood no 9, c1949-1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6b
Scope and Contents 3 copy plans (54cm x 121cm) by the Town Planning Division of the London County Council Architect's Department showing details of planned redevelopment in Lansbury (Neighbourhood no 9). This was the part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951.The plans are by the Ordnance Survey at 88' to 1" scale. They show the original street pattern of the area, and are...
Dates: c1949-1955

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City Planning 7
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