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Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Other areas of Stepney / Poplar: Tidey Street, 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.3
Scope and Contents

Information relating to the Tidey Street development of Stepney / Poplar, which was designated Neighbourhood Number 7, within the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. This consists of:


  1. papers and photographs, (1956)
  2. layout plans, ( April 1955 )
Dates: 1956

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end before and after reconstruction, c1947-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4b
Scope and Contents Mixed collection of black and white photographic prints. 53 of the prints (max 24cm x 30cm, min 11cm x 17cm) show old or derelict buildings and waste land before reconstruction, some of which have a location, date or London County Council Architect's Town Planning Division stamp on the reverse. The remainder (21cm x 25) are of completed building projects by London County Council Architect's Department, including flats and housing in Stepney / Poplar, a children's play area, Lansbury market,...
Dates: c1947-1961

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: historic map of the area, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4f
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographic print (17cm x 24cm) showing the eastern sheet of "Cassell's Map of London" c1865. This is accompanied by a large format black and white negative of the same map (12cm x 17cm) and a note by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning the state of development in Stepney / Poplar at that date.

Dates: 1950s

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: London County Council Housing Department visit, c1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4e
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographic print (15cm x 21cm) showing members of the London County Council Planning and Housing Committees visiting housing in London's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.

Dates: c1958

Plans: Area of comprehensive development no 2 - Stepney / Poplar, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.3
Scope and Contents 38 copy plans by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department comprising plans of the neighbourhoods of Comprehensive Development Area No 2: Stepney and Poplar. The plans comprise: 16 Ordnance Survey base plans (69cm x 102cm) at 1:1250 scale for each neighbourhood unit in Stepney / Poplar with a location plan indicating which neighbourhood...
Dates: 1950s

Plans: Areas in the Stepney / Poplar neighbourhoods, 1949-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.4
Scope and Contents

18 copy plans (approximately 55cm x 80cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans are development details for discrete areas of different neighbourhoods in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar at 1" to 88' scale. Some of the plans are hand-coloured and 1 is on transparency. The majority have information concerning the proposed land use and housing density in the developments.

Dates: 1949-1958

Plans: geographical themed plans of Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area, December 1954

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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 of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Cardinal Griffin secondary school, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6g
Scope and Contents

4 copy architectural plans (30cm x 54cm) for Cardinal Griffin Secondary School in Lansbury, London. This was the part of the 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 small scale first and second floor plans, and two elevations.

Dates: 1950s

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: East India Dock Road Neighbourhood, c1955-1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6k
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1955-1958

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: East India Dock Road Neighbourhood - area and house plans, 1949-1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6c
Scope and Contents Area and house plans by the London County Council Architect's Department for the East India Dock Road neighbourhood of Lansbury. This was part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The plans consist of: 2 copy plans laid over Ordnance Survey maps of the East India Dock Road area at 1:1250 scale copy plan (29cm x 65cm) of the East India Dock Road...
Dates: 1949-1950s

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