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Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: London County Council reconstruction area in Stepney / Poplar - neighbourhood no 9, c1949-1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6b

Scope and Contents

3 copy plans (54cm x 121cm) by the Town Planning Division of the London County Council Architect's Department showing details of planned redevelopment in Lansbury (Neighbourhood no 9). This was the part 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 are by the Ordnance Survey at 88' to 1" scale. They show the original street pattern of the area, and are overdrawn in black felt-tip pen with different themes: "Existing and planned shops" (with alternative separate legend originally glued on), "Schedule of streets to be closed" and "Availability of land".

Dates

  • Creation: c1949-1955

Creator

Language of Materials

This material is in English

Physical Description

3 plans

Conditions Governing Access

This material is unrestricted.

Extent

From the Sub-Fonds: 3.5 metres

Physical Description

3 plans

Archivist's Note

None

Sarah Higgins 5 January 2004

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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