Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs, 1939
File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1/2
Scope and Contents
Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs consists of:
- 22 black and white photographic prints (9cm x 11.5cm) showing the first architectural model for the proposed redevelopment of the city centre. It was built by members of the Coventry City Architect's Department, under the direction of the City Architect Donald Gibson, during their spare time in, 1939
- 4 black and white photographic prints (9cm x 14cm) showing a model derived from the Plan for Central Coventry and shows proposed neighbouring housing estates, c1940
- 30 black and white negatives (approximate) showing an architectural model of central Coventry. This is possibly the second model made, c1940
- set of 8 black and white photographic prints (16cm x 21.5cm) of the maps from the Gibson, DEE, Plan for the new Coventry, ( Coventry, Corporation of the City of Coventry, undated)
- 5 colour negatives showing miscellaneous street scenes and buildings.
Dates
- 1939
Creator
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
1 file
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Sub-Fonds: 0.3 metres
Physical Description
1 file
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 1 October 2003
Sarah Higgins 1 October 2003
- Architectural Models
- City Planning
- Coventry (England)
- Coventry City Council
- Coventry City Council, Coventry City Architect 's Department. Coventry City Architect's Department
- Gibson, Sir Donald Evelyn Edward, 1908-1991 (architect and town planner)
- Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh)
- Land Use, Planning
- Local Government
- Photographs
- Postwar Reconstruction
- Urban Renewal
- Zoning Maps
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk