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Postwar Reconstruction

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 163 Collections and/or Records:

Reports from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1955-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/1
Scope and Contents

This file contains a number of internal reports produced by the Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department. They include a history of the redevelopment of Coventry, reports to the Planning and Redevelopment Committee, a guide to architecture and planning in Coventry and a description of planned new housing at Willenhall Wood.

Dates: 1955-1959

Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct: papers and photographs, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.3.1
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the St Paul's Cathedral Precinct area of London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The papers include an academic reprint, committee reports, notes and briefs, manuscript and typescript reports on Sir William Holford's proposals for the precinct and a report by the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee to the Court of Common Council. The file also contains photographs from an unidentified...
Dates: 1956-1959

South Bank: drawings, c1954

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.3
Scope and Contents

6 draft perspective drawings, on 3 sheets of rough paper, in pen and coloured pencil, for buildings and pedestrian walkways on London's South Bank. These relate to London County Council's Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: c1954

South Bank: Festival of Britain 1951 competition - "Design a restaurant for the South Bank", 1949

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.2
Scope and Contents

Programme and schedule of requirements for an architectural competition, promoted by the Festival of Britain Office, to design a restaurant for London's South Bank as part of the London Festival of Britain 1951. The winning design would be included in London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1949

South Bank: hotel site particulars, 1954

 Item
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.5
Scope and Contents

Printed particulars for a hotel site available for development in London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1954

South Bank: London County Council press clippings, 1953-1960

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.4
Scope and Contents

File of press clippings and journal articles concerning the redevelopment of London's South Bank by London County Council, under the Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank.

Dates: 1953-1960

South Bank: planning correspondence and papers, 1954-1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.1
Scope and Contents Contents of 3 files of planning correspondence and papers from London County Council Architect's Department relating to the development of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: South Bank. The first file is entitled "Redevelopment South Bank 1954" and statistics and a report relating to the development of "Upstream Offices" which was to be occupied by the Shell Group of Companies, a list of cases with their planning application reference numbers, a...
Dates: 1954-1955

St Anne's Neighbourhood: elevations, 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4e
Scope and Contents

2 copy architectural plans (23cm x 39cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's department of flatted housing for the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a within London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The plans comprise small scale cross-section elevations across the neighbourhood.

Dates: 1956

St Anne's Neighbourhood: house plans, 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4d
Scope and Contents

2 copy architectural plans (43cm x 56cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's department of 3 floor flatted housing for the St Anne's Neighbourhood, designated neighbourhood number 4a within London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Polar. The plans comprise elevations and floor plans.

Dates: 1950s

St Anne's Neighbourhood: papers and photographs, 1955-1956

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4a
Scope and Contents File of papers and photographs relating to the development of the St Anne's Neighbourhood housing scheme in Stepney. This was Neighbourhood Number 4a of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The black and white photographic prints consist of: 1 print (15cm x 20cm) showing the official naming ceremony for the development on 28 February 1956; 9 prints of a large scale architectural model for the reconstruction of the area; 3 photomontages...
Dates: 1955-1956