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...

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...

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Files relating to the general work of the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's Department:

Scope and Contents Series of reports by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. Each report is a "note" on a housing development built by the council which give full details of the schemes including the site, the buildings erected on it, anything notable about the buildings, and the team responsible for its construction and management. Additionally there is a report entitled "Flats and maisonettes in high buildings" and one entitled "The work of the Housing Management...

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File concerning the work of the Housing Study Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Housing Division. The file consists of the group's minutes, manuscript and typescript drafts of reports and information sheets and the final printed sheets. The majority of these relate to studies on open spaces.

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8 black and white photographic prints (23cm x 30cm and 16cm x 36cm) showing architectural models by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The models are of the East India Dock Road Neighbourhood of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar and is at 32 feet to 1 inch scale.

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1 black and white photographic print (20cm x 24.5cm) showing an architectural model by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The model is the first one which was prepared showing the whole of the Lansbury Neighbourhood, part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar, needed to ensure that the first stage of reconstruction could proceed within a planned framework.

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4 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 24cm) showing an architectural model by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The model is the second one which was prepared showing the whole of the Lansbury Neighbourhood, part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar, with amendments, needed to ensure that the first stage of reconstruction could proceed within a planned framework.

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6 black and white photographic prints (12cm x 16cm) showing the Market Square scheme for Lansbury Neighbourhood, part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar, designed by Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd. 1 photograph shows the architectural model commissioned by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. at 1/16" scale. The remainder of the photographs show the realised market square and some housing in the area.

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10 black and white photographic prints (16cm x 21cm) showing an architectural model by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The model shows stage 1 of the reconstruction scheme for Lansbury Neighbourhood, part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar at 1/32" scale. This is the area which comprised the "Live Architecture" Exhibition for the Festival of Britain in 1951.