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Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Plans: Stepney / Poplar perspective drawing, April 1950

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.10
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: April 1950

Plans: Stepney / Poplar reconstruction area and first period operations, 1949-1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.8
Scope and Contents 2 copy plans (69cm x 102cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans cover the whole of Comprehensive Development Area No. 2: Stepney / Poplar. 1 plan shows areas of early development for the each of the neighbourhood units in the area, along with the names of the planners responsible for the individual neighbourhoods, at 12" to 1 mile scale. The second plan shows areas designated for 1st period operations at...
Dates: 1949-1951

Plans: Stepney / Poplar transport sketch, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.9
Scope and Contents

Mounted small scale Ordnance Survey plan (49cm x 88cm) showing the east end of London. The plan has pencil annotations relating to notable buildings and red pencil annotations, possibly indicating a bus route.

Dates: 1950s

Press: press releases, 1950-1962

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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

St Anne's Neighbourhood: elevations, 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4e
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1956

St Anne's Neighbourhood: house plans, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4d
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1950s

St Anne's Neighbourhood: papers and photographs, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4a
Scope and Contents File of papers and photographs relating to the development of the St Anne's Neighbourhood housing scheme in Stepney. This was Neighbourhood Number 4a of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The black and white photographic prints consist of: 1 print (15cm x 20cm) showing the official naming ceremony for the development on 28 February 1956; 9 prints of a large scale architectural model for the reconstruction of the area; 3 photomontages...
Dates: 1955-1956

St Anne's Neighbourhood: plans - perspectives of Dora Street, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4b
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1950s

St Anne's Neighbourhood: plans - perspectives of St Anne's Neighbourhood, 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4c
Scope and Contents

1 copy architectural illustrations (69cm x 102cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's department showing a proposed tower block, probably in the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a within London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney/Polar.

Dates: 1956

Stepney: papers and architectural model photographs, 1950s

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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

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  • Subject: Poplar (London, England) X

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