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Material relating to different areas of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:

Scope and Contents Black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm) of architectural models of the Poplar area of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. There are 10 photographs of a small-scale model of the whole Poplar area. One of these shows the model in an exhibition concerning the reconstruction of the area being inspected by Percy Johnson-Marshall, Hubert Bennet, and LW Lane in 1955. There is also a photograph of an architectural...

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Manuscript bird's-eye perspective drawing (69cm x 104cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the layout of an area which is probably East India Dock Road Neighbourhood of the Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area in London. The drawing is at approximately 1:2500 scale and is in felt-tip pen and coloured pencil on transparency, with the River [Thames] in the foreground.

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4 copy architectural plans (51cm x 84cm) for the old people's home in Lansbury, London. This was part of Lansbury Neighbourhood, (Neighbourhood no 9) 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 consist of a large scale plans for the ground and first floor, small scale elevations and a panoramic drawing.

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Copy plan (67cm x 89cm) by George Logie, showing the planting plan for Lansbury Park at 64' to 1" scale. This was in the Lansbury Neighbourhood (Neighbourhood no 9) of the 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.

Scope and Contents 3 copy perspective drawings (26cm x 45cm) for a Susan Lawrence Primary School and Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Lansbury, London (now amalgamated as the Lansbury Lawrence Primary School). 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 drawings show different angles of this school, designed by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall....

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Manuscript perspective architectural drawing (29cm x 34cm) by J Newel Lewis of Norman & Dawbarn Ltd of a street corner in proposed housing development in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.

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2 copy architectural plans (23cm x 39cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's department of flatted housing for the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a within London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The plans comprise small scale cross-section elevations across the neighbourhood.

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2 copy architectural plans (43cm x 56cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's department of 3 floor flatted housing for the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a within London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Polar. The plans comprise elevations and floor plans.

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2 copy architectural illustrations (57cm x 79cm) by P MacKay showing the proposed developments at Dora Street in the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a in London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. There are 2 copies of each drawing which show a proposed eight storey block from Dora House and the proposed sunken terrace and foundation stone from the south-east.