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Barbican (London, England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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: 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

Plans: Mixed Barbican Development Plans, 1955-1958

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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

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