London County Council (1887-1965)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961
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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4
Scope and Contents
Photographs of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar:
east end 1940s, (1940s)
east end after reconstruction, (c1955-1961)
aerial views, (1937-1951)
basic house layouts, (1956)
London County Council Housing Department visit, (c1958)
historic map of the area, (1950s)
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Dates:
1940-1961
Plans: geographical themed plans of Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area, December 1954
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.5
Scope and Contents
Set of 11 numbered copy plans (33cm x 81cm) by Tom Bigwood of the Comprehensive Development Area No 2: Stepney / Poplar. These are themed sketch plans covering issues such as historical growth of the area, war damage, housing patterns, geographical areas and public transport at 6" to 1 mile scale.
Dates:
December 1954
Plans: Reconstruction areas in Stepney / Poplar, 1946-1947
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.1
Scope and Contents
6 printed plans (50cm x 89cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department showing the planned reconstruction areas in Stepney and Poplar in London. The plans are overprinted on Ordnance Survey base plan at 6 inches to 1 mile scale and comprise:
a boundary plan
"Declaratory order plan" - areas subject to Compulsory Purchase Order
"Zoning...
Dates:
1946-1947
Press: press releases, 1950-1962
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/1
Scope and Contents
Incomplete file of press releases issued by London County Council. These relate to the Council's housing, architecture and town planning functions. The subjects encompass housing policy, housing developments areas, Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas and provision of public buildings. Individual projects featured include: housing developments in Wandsworth; construction of a number of new schools; redevelopment of Stepney / Poplar, Elephant and Castle and Deptford; and the South Bank...
Dates:
1950-1962
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- Postwar Reconstruction 4
- Stepney (London, England) 4
- Buildings, War Damage 3
- World War, 1939-1945 3
- Housing 2
- Housing Development 2
- Land Use Maps 2
- Local Government 2
- Maps 2
- School Buildings 2
- Zoning Maps 2
- Aerial Photographs 1
- Architecture, Conservation and Restoration 1
- Buildings 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Compulsory Purchase Orders 1
- Deptford (London, England) 1
- England -- London -- Elephant and Castle 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Maps, Outline and Base 1
- Photographs 1
- Posters 1
- Press Releases 1
- Public Buildings 1
- Shopping Centers 1
- Transportation, Planning 1
- Urban History 1
- Wandsworth (London, England) 1 + ∧ less
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