London (England)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = England
Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:
Press: journal articles and press clippings, 1955-1968
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/2
Scope and Contents
File of printed articles relating to architecture and London County Council housing developments. The majority of the articles are reprints from architectural journals in the 1950s. There are a few press-clippings relating to architectural developments. There are also some typescript and manuscript notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning a proposed article for the Town and Planning Association Journal , and a list of dissemination...
Dates:
1955-1968
Press: press releases, 1950-1962
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/B/1
Scope and Contents
Incomplete file of press releases issued by London County Council. These relate to the Council's housing, architecture and town planning functions. The subjects encompass housing policy, housing developments areas, Comprehensive Redevelopment Areas and provision of public buildings. Individual projects featured include: housing developments in Wandsworth; construction of a number of new schools; redevelopment of Stepney / Poplar, Elephant and Castle and Deptford; and the South Bank...
Dates:
1950-1962
Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London: files, 1937-1959
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/C/1
Scope and Contents
File of papers and press clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, 1957-1960. This was Percy Johnson-Marshall's own file and contains information directly relating to the Commission, as well as information relating to the governance of London generally. The file contains:
evidence submitted to the Commission from a number of bodies including: the British Group of...
Dates:
1937-1959
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: photographs, 1954-1961
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.6
Scope and Contents
3 files of black and white photographic prints relating to the redevelopment of London's South Bank through the London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 4: South Bank. The photographs consist of:
15 prints (20cm x 25cm) of the Hayward Gallery and the National Film Theatre. The majority of these are of an architectural model. 3 show the interior of the National Film Theatre post...
Dates:
1954-1961
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