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City Planning

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

Found in 169 Collections and/or Records:

Edinburgh University CDA: Faculty of Music, Law, Divinity, Veterinary, 1965-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/4.1
Scope and Contents The contents of this original file entitled "Edinburgh University CDA: Faculty of Music, Law, Divinity, Veterinary" consists of general correspondence, sub-committee papers and minutes relating to the implementation of the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962) and other development works relating to the buildings in the relevant faculties. These include papers relating to three sub-committees of the University Development Committee: the New College, Phase II Project...
Dates: 1965-1973

Elephant and Castle: assorted photographs and reports, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.1
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous material related to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The file contains: a draft report on the area, with accompanying correspondence; 4 black and white photographic prints (21cm x 30cm) of an architectural model of the area; a redevelopment brochure and an article published in the Municipal Journal concerning the proposed development.

Dates: 1955-1956

Elephant and Castle: drawings, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.5
Scope and Contents

5 copy perspective drawings (24cm x 37cm) of the proposed development at London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. The drawings show the pedestrianised shopping areas and the multi-purpose office, shopping and entertainment development. The drawings are hand coloured. 2 are the same copy with differing hand colouring.

Dates: 1955-1956

Elephant and Castle: plans, 1951-c1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2
Scope and Contents

Plans of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle:


  1. CDA no 5 - Elephant and Castle, (1955)
  2. Elephant and Castle site no 1, (c1955)
  3. Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, (4 June 1951)
  4. perspective drawings, (c1955)
Dates: 1951-c1955

Evidence to the Schuster Committee and the London Plans, 1950-1951

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Identifier: PJM/ABT/B/9
Scope and Contents Typescript copy of the final report by the Association of Building Technicians Evidence to the Schuster Committee ( 1950) .This was their submission for the HM Government appointed Schuster Committee's research into the education of planners which was published as: Report on the Qualification of Planners ( 1950) There are...
Dates: 1950-1951

Exhibitions: exhibition papers and photographs, 1951-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/5.1
Scope and Contents File of preparation notes, papers and photographs relating to exhibitions which the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's department either organised or participated in. Exhibitions include: "Stepney Housing Progress" by the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, 13-30 April 1959 "Construction and Reconstruction of Towns, 1945-1957" at the International Union of...
Dates: 1951-1959

Festival of Britain Exhibition: papers, 1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.2a
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the "Live Architecture" exhibition in the Lansbury Neighbourhood of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar which was staged by London County Council Architect's Department as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The exhibition showed the newly reconstructed neighbourhood and allowed public access to a number of the buildings. The file consists of: plans of the exhibition, some annotated with route plans for the walking tour;...
Dates: 1951

Final project - Newcastle-under-Lyme planning project, 1935-1938

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/B/3
Scope and Contents City planning maps, plans and studies by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst a student studying for the Certificate in Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, for his final project entitled "Newcastle-under-Lyme planning project". This project was submitted as the Town Planning Institute final exam. There are 4 plans: one detail (48cm x 48cm), one land-use plan, overlaid on an Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile plan with accompanying legend, and a blank Ordnance Survey plan at 6...
Dates: 1935-1938

General comprehensive development areas files: general files, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/9.1
Scope and Contents Set of Percy Johnson-Marshall's working files relating to the London County Council Comprehensive Development Areas. The files comprise: file with a report on actions taken to comply with the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947; notes of planning methods and staffing requirements for individual Comprehensive Development Areas; a report of outstanding planning work for "inner areas" of London, 1950s ...
Dates: 1950s

General papers: lectures concerning the reconstruction of Stepney, c1950-1954

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.3
Scope and Contents

File of typescript and manuscript drafts for talks and articles concerning the redevelopment of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. Most are authored by Percy Johnson-Marshall, but other authors are represented including the Architect to the Council, Sir Robert Hogg Matthew.

Dates: c1950-1954