London County Council (1887-1965)
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
City of London: Tower of London Precinct, c1957-c1959
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.4
Scope and Contents
File of papers relating to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: Tower of London Precinct. The file contains a planning brochure for the planned precinct, a layout plan by the Corporation of London City Planning Office overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey plan at 1:1250 scale (possibly reduced in size), and some typescript notes concerning the area.
Dates:
c1957-c1959
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:
- assorted photographs and reports, (1955-1956)
- plans, (1951-c1955)
Dates:
1951-1956
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
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
New Barbican: photographs, 1954
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.3
Scope and Contents
Photographs relating to redevelopment of the Barbican area, as part of London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The photographs consist of:
30 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) of the architectural models for the first scheme, and the extension to the first redevelopment scheme. This design was by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning...
Dates:
1954
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
Plans: South Bank permanent development (3), c1953
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.6
Scope and Contents
Set of 5 mixed manuscript and copy plans (39cm x 76cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The plans show the proposed permanent development for the South Bank in London, which includes the National Theatre, the Royal Festival Hall, a hotel, a science centre, an airport terminal and office buildings. The plans are at 1:2500 scale and are intended for reduction to half size for an article in the Journal of the Royal...
Dates:
c1953
Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct: papers and photographs, 1956-1959
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.3.1
Scope and Contents
File of papers relating to the St Paul's Cathedral Precinct area of London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The papers include an academic reprint, committee reports, notes and briefs, manuscript and typescript reports on Sir William Holford's proposals for the precinct and a report by the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee to the Court of Common Council. The file also contains photographs from an unidentified...
Dates:
1956-1959
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- Office Buildings 5
- Architecture, Designs and Plans 4
- Poplar (London, England) 4
- Stepney (London, England) 4
- Aerial Photographs 3
- City of London (England) 3
- Maps 3
- Photographs 3
- Roads, Design and Construction 3
- Shopping Centers 3
- Church Buildings 2
- Committees 2
- England -- London -- Elephant and Castle 2
- Housing 2
- Housing Development 2
- Land Use Maps 2
- Technical Reports 2
- Zoning Maps 2
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- Airport Terminals 1
- Ajmer (India) 1
- Architectural Drawing 1
- Architectural Models 1
- Architecture, Conservation and Restoration 1
- Architecture, Modern--20th century 1
- Architecture--Study and Teaching 1
- Barbican (London, England) 1
- Buildings 1
- Burma 1
- Cathedrals 1
- City Planners 1
- City Planning--Study and Teaching 1
- Civic Centers 1
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- Coventry (England) 1
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- India 1
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- Memorandums 1
- Middle East 1
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