Barbican (London, England)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
City of London: New Barbican, c1953-1959
Archival Record
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2
Scope and Contents
Photographs, plans and reports, collected by Percy Johnson-Marshall while in charge of the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. These concern the redevelopment of the Barbican area of London's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London
reports and the public enquiry, (1953-1959)
redevelopment plans, (1954-1958)
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Dates:
c1953-1959
Comprehensive Development Areas: Bunhill Fields, 1950s
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/6
Scope and Contents
Comprehensive development areas: Bunhill Fields consists of:
- papers and photographs, ( 1950s )
- plans, ( 1950s )
Dates:
1950s
Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London, 1947-1959
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1
Scope and Contents
Material relating to different areas of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:
- general, (1947-1958)
- New Barbican, (c1953-1959)
- Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct, (c1950-1959)
- Tower of London Precinct, (c1957-c1959)
- City of London river frontages and skylines, (1955)
Dates:
1947-1959
General work: proofs of evidence, 1950-1957
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/4.5
Scope and Contents
File of proofs of evidence, presented by Percy Johnson-Marshall on behalf of London County Council, for planning appeals under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947. The file includes the legal documentation for a number of proofs of evidence for Stepney, London and the City of London. It also contains correspondence concerning these, and typescript and manuscript drafts. There are also 2 maps, one of the Barbican area of London and one of the centre of Toronto, Canada.
Dates:
1950-1957
New Barbican: photographs, 1954
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.3
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 Division...
Dates:
1954
New Barbican: plans, c1953-1958
Archival Record
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5
Scope and Contents
Plans of the New Barbican Development planned as part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:
- Barbican "appendix" plans, (1954)
- New Barbican accommodation, (c1955)
- mixed Barbican Development Plans, (1955-1958)
- annotated plan of the area, (c1953)
Dates:
c1953-1958
New Barbican: public enquiry file, 1955
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.4
Scope and Contents
File of papers and notes related to the public enquiry into the "New Barbican" development scheme proposed by the New Barbican Committee for the redevelopment of the Barbican area of London. The file includes proofs of evidence submitted to the enquiry, London County Council Architect's Department memoranda and handwritten notes taken during the enquiry.
Dates:
1955
New Barbican: redevelopment plans, 1954-1958
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.2
Scope and Contents
2 reports with accompanying photographs and plans concerning the redevelopment of the Barbican area, part of London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The first; New Barbican ( 29 September 1954) is by Kadleigh, Whitfield & Horsburgh, and was commissioned by the New Barbican Committee who presented it to London County Council. This outlines a comprehensive redevelopment...
Dates:
1954-1958
New Barbican: reports and the public enquiry, 1953-1959
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.1
Scope and Contents
File of papers relating to the redevelopment of the Barbican area of London as part of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London. The file consists of a number of reports concerning the scheme by either London County Council's Architect's Department, the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee or Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, the architects commissioned to create the scheme. There are also a number of proofs of evidence and related...
Dates:
1953-1959
Photographs: miscellaneous (1), 1950s
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/7
Scope and Contents
33 mixed black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm). These consist of: 19 oblique aerial photographs of central London; a photograph of a barge; 1 photograph of an architectural model of the Hyde Park Improvement Scheme, London, 1957; 1 photograph of an architectural model of New Zealand House, London; 2 unidentified photographs of architectural models; 2 photographs of an exhibition by the Buildings Regulations Division of the London County Council Architect's Department; 1 photograph...
Dates:
1950s