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Housing Development

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

Comprehensive Development Areas: Bunhill Fields, 1950s

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/6
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Bunhill Fields consists of:


  1. papers and photographs, ( 1950s )
  2. plans, ( 1950s )
Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas

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:


  1. general, (1947-1958)
  2. New Barbican, (c1953-1959)
  3. Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct, (c1950-1959)
  4. Tower of London Precinct, (c1957-c1959)
  5. City of London river frontages and skylines, (1955)
Dates: 1947-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas

Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2
Scope and Contents

Comprehensive development areas: Stepney / Poplar consists of:


  1. general papers, (1940-1961)
  2. Lansbury Comprehensive Development Area, (1940s-1950s)
  3. other areas, (1950s)
  4. plans, (1946-1950s)
Dates: 1940-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas

Coventry City Council, 1939-1959

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/CCC
Scope and Contents

Papers and plans relating to the Coventry City Council


  1. papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department ,1939-1944
  2. collected reports and plans regarding Coventry's redevelopment, 1931-1959
Dates: 1939-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

Coventry housing - house type plans, c1940

 Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/1
Scope and Contents 6 copy plans showing different house types for Coventry. 3 plans (22cm x 76cm) are by housing director AF Underhill, show small scale floor plans, reduced from 8 inches = 1 foot scale, for 3 different houses and are hand labelled Type A, Type B and Type C. 3 plans (71cm x 71cm) are by city architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, show complete plans for the "three bedroom type" house at 1/8th and 1/12th scale. One of the floor plans was drafted by Percy...
Dates: c1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing / Coventry housing - plans

Coventry housing - opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941

 Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/1
Scope and Contents

Programme for the opening of the houses on the Canley Estate, Coventry on 18 December 1941 which was attended by the City of Coventry Housing Committee and the City Architect Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson, representing the Coventry City Architect's Department.

Dates: 18 December 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Coventry housing - photographs of the Canley Estate houses, c1941

 File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/2
Scope and Contents

This file contains a set of 8 labelled black and white photographic prints (15.5cm x 18.5cm) of the housing scheme at Canley Estate, Coventry, and some of the associated negatives on one sheet. There is also a photograph (11.5cm x 12cm) of a planning drawing, probably of the Canley Estate, and 2 black and white photographic print (16cm x 21cm) showing a block of flats under construction.

Dates: c1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Coventry housing - press clippings, 1940-1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains press clippings and journal articles by Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson concerning Coventry City Council's experimental pre-fabricated housing and other new housing developments.

Dates: 1940-1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

Edinburgh South Side District Plan: independent reports and opinions, 1968-1974

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/C/2.2
Scope and Contents Two independently published reports concerning planned redevelopment of Edinburgh's south side district. These focus on objections to the planned clearance of the area and make suggestions for less radical development proposals. A note by the president of the Nicolson Street Trader's Association, petitioning against demolition of commercial properties in the area, and information concerning a press conference are included with the publications. A number of press clippings, news...
Dates: 1968-1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / Edinburgh South Side District Plan: general papers / Edinburgh South Side District Plan: reports

Edinburgh South Side District Plan: reports by Percy Johnson-Marshall and Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates, 1973-1975

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/C/2.1
Scope and Contents This file contains 9 reports concerning the Edinburgh South Side District Plan written by either Percy Johnson-Marshall or staff at Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates. The reports look at: the place of the university in the city as a whole, the relationship between the University of Edinburgh and the rest of the south side, land use surveys and possible development plans for the Nicolson Street area of the city and a 1971 census household analysis of the south side. A file of papers...
Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / Edinburgh South Side District Plan: general papers / Edinburgh South Side District Plan: reports

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