City Planning
Found in 308 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: aerial views, 1937-1951
Oblique and vertical aerial black and white photographic prints of the Stepney / Poplar area of London. The vertical photographs (20cm x 24cm) were taken between 1945-1947 and are all stamped London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division on the reverse. The oblique photographs (max 30cm x 38cm, min 12cm x 16cm) are by Aerofilms Ltd and show the area before and after reconstruction following the aerial bombing of the area during World War II.
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, 1940s
10 black and white prints (max 14.5cm x 22cm, min 11cm x 16cm) of the Poplar area in the 1940s. The location of some of the photographs is indicated on the rear. Most show individual buildings or streets, while the rest show bomb damaged and derelict sites.
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: historic map of the area, 1950s
Black and white photographic print (17cm x 24cm) showing the eastern sheet of "Cassell's Map of London" c1865. This is accompanied by a large format black and white negative of the same map (12cm x 17cm) and a note by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning the state of development in Stepney / Poplar at that date.
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: London County Council Housing Department visit, c1958
Black and white photographic print (15cm x 21cm) showing members of the London County Council Planning and Housing Committees visiting housing in London's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar.
Planning manuals and methodologies: filing system information, 1948
List of file classifications from London County Council. The lists consist of: index to planning technique files, planning technique files: new town files, planning technique files: miscellaneous , local authority files, library cuttings files and a set of rules for the map library.
Planning manuals and methodologies: memos, 1955-1958
Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.
Planning manuals and methodologies: Town and Country Planning Act circulars, 1947-1959
Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.