London County Council. Architect's Department, Town Planning Division
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
London County Council: Architect's Department, 1940s-1964
Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D
Scope and Contents
London County Council: Architect's Department consists of:
- Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951, (1945-1958)
- planning manuals and methodologies, (1940s-1959)
- staffing issues, (1945-1959)
- general work, (1944-1964)
- exhibitions, (1951-1959)
- sociological reports, (1951-1957)
Dates:
1940s-1964
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: aerial views, 1937-1951
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4c
Scope and Contents
Oblique and vertical aerial black and white photographic prints of the Stepney / Poplar area of London. The vertical photographs (20cm x 24cm) were taken between 1945-1947 and are all stamped London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division on the reverse. The oblique photographs (max 30cm x 38cm, min 12cm x 16cm) are by Aerofilms Ltd and show the area before and after reconstruction following the aerial bombing of the area during World War II.
Dates:
1937-1951
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
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: general papers and photographs
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General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, 1940s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4a
Scope and Contents
10 black and white prints (max 14.5cm x 22cm, min 11cm x 16cm) of the Poplar area in the 1940s. The location of some of the photographs is indicated on the rear. Most show individual buildings or streets, while the rest show bomb damaged and derelict sites.
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
/
The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
London County Council
/
London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
/
Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
/
General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end before and after reconstruction, c1947-1961
File
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
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
/
The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
London County Council
/
London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
/
Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
/
Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
/
General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Plans: Mixed Barbican Development Plans, 1955-1958
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5c
Scope and Contents
4 copy plans relating to the redevelopment of the Barbican Comprehensive Development Area in London.
"Barbican 27 storey building Moor Lane" (38cm x 51cm) - layout plan is at 44' to 1" scale, 1958
"Annex B" (55cm x 70cm) - a plan with a numbered index to sites and their areas according to the development plan at 88' to 1" scale, January 1956
"Barbican Area" (50cm x 76cm)...
Dates:
1955-1958
Plans: New Barbican accommodation schedule original proposals, c1955
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5b
Scope and Contents
3 copy plans (33cm x 40cm) probably by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's's Architect's Department showing a cross-section of the proposed Barbican development and the number of square feet of accommodation available at each section of each level. 2 of the plans are identical except for some hand written notes. the third differs slightly in the area calculations.
Dates:
c1955
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
Plans: Upstream offices, 1953-1956
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.11
Scope and Contents
8 copy plans (69cm x 101cm) showing the planned development of Upstream Offices on the South Bank, London. This office tower block was part of the planned South Bank Permanent Development and was later occupied by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. 6 of the plans are by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. 1 plan comprises site plans and sections for alternative positions of the blocks at 1" to 88'...
Dates:
1953-1956
Press: journal articles and press clippings, 1955-1968
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/2
Scope and Contents
File of printed articles relating to architecture and London County Council housing developments. The majority of the articles are reprints from architectural journals in the 1950s. There are a few press-clippings relating to architectural developments. There are also some typescript and manuscript notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning a proposed article for the Town and Planning Association Journal , and a list of dissemination...
Dates:
1955-1968
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- City Planning 9
- Postwar Reconstruction 6
- Architecture, Designs and Plans 5
- Office Buildings 5
- Buildings, War Damage 4
- Housing Development 4
- Local Government 4
- Poplar (London, England) 4
- Stepney (London, England) 4
- Tower Blocks 4
- World War, 1939-1945 4
- Barbican (London, England) 3
- Photographs 3
- Aerial Photographs 2
- Buildings 2
- Flats 2
- Maps 2
- Administration 1
- Airport Terminals 1
- Architects 1
- Architecture 1
- Architecture, Modern--20th century 1
- Building 1
- Building Laws 1
- Business Communication 1
- Cathedrals 1
- Church Buildings 1
- City Planners 1
- City Planning and Redevelopment Law 1
- City of London (England) 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Committees 1
- Compulsory Purchase Orders 1
- England -- London -- Tower Hamlets 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Hotels 1
- Housing 1
- Land Use Maps 1
- Maps, Outline and Base 1
- Markets 1
- Old Age Homes 1
- Play Environments 1
- Plumbing 1
- Public Squares 1
- Regional Planning 1
- Richmond (England) 1
- Rubber 1
- Scholarly Periodicals 1
- School Buildings 1
- Social Surveys 1
- Sociology 1
- Staff Management 1
- Theatres 1
- Wandsworth (London, England) 1
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