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London County Council: Architect's Department consists of:

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...

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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents 2 plans by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the South Bank Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) in London. The first is a printed Ordnance Survey plan (84cm x 116cm) at 6" to 1 mile scale showing central London with the different areas of the CDA overlain in red and pink paint with pencil identifiers. The second is a copy sketch plan of the CDA Area (77cm x 130cm) at a large scale...

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2 copy plans (76cm x 102cm) probably by the by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the proposed layout for a housing and commercial development, west of Westminster Bridge on the South Bank in London, overlaid on an Ordnance Survey plan at approximately 1:2500 scale. Notes, plot sizes, person capacity and commercial floor space are noted in red felt-tip pen.

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4 copy plans (67cm x 104cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. These plans are variants of the redevelopment key map for Comprehensive Development Area No 2: Stepney / Poplar. The plans show all the housing areas in the neighbourhood units in Stepney and Poplar with colour coded land use zoning. The final plan shows colour coded development progress. The plans are hand coloured.

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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.