{"title":"Bomb damage","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"plymouth-blitz-bomb-damage-reconstruction-sites-map-abercrombie-watson-1944-p-7-028569","title":"Plymouth Blitz bomb damage \u0026 reconstruction sites map—Abercrombie \u0026 Watson 1944","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Derelict Areas'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlymouth's Blitz damage is mapped in stark red on this arresting 1943 survey of the city's 'derelict areas'. Red picks out the property destroyed or damaged in the bombing raids of 1941, concentrated in the shattered city centre and in Devonport, while blue marks older property the planners judged obsolete and ripe for replacement. The printed key groups both colours together as property sites available for reconstruction; the distinction between them comes from the report's accompanying discussion of war-damaged and obsolete areas, which refers directly to this map, and is borne out by the matching colours of its Proposed Central Layout. Together they show how much of the old centre, Devonport and Stonehouse was to be cleared and rebuilt. Government property is hatched and open spaces are stippled, framed by the Sound and the Hamoaze, under bold capital lettering. From A Plan for Plymouth by Patrick Abercrombie and James Paton Watson, it is one of the most powerful images of how wartime destruction became an opportunity to rebuild a whole city.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371668263259,"sku":"P-7-028569","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028569a.jpg?v=1792089773"},{"product_id":"historic-plymouth-bomb-damage-preservation-plan-abercrombie-watson-1944-map-p-7-028573","title":"Historic Plymouth—bomb damage \u0026 preservation plan—Abercrombie \u0026 Watson 1944 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'City of Plymouth Regional Planning Scheme—Historic Plymouth'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe old heart of Plymouth around the Barbican and Sutton Pool is mapped building by building in this vivid survey, printed in January 1944, recording what the Blitz had destroyed and what deserved to be saved. Red marks buildings demolished or damaged beyond repair and cleared sites, while the other colours and patterns classify every surviving building by use, from warehouses, offices and shops with flats to cinemas, licensed premises, churches and dwelling houses. Symbols flag buildings whose preservation as a whole, or of particular features or fragments, was thought desirable. An early piece of conservation planning, it records a quarter that was largely saved and is now one of Plymouth's most treasured districts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371669705051,"sku":"P-7-028573","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028573a.jpg?v=1792089780"},{"product_id":"plymouth-bomb-damage-proposed-central-layout-abercrombie-watson-1944-map-p-7-028578","title":"Plymouth bomb damage \u0026 proposed central layout—Abercrombie \u0026 Watson 1944 map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Proposed central layout—Showing properties existing 1943'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe planners' new city centre is drawn in bold red over the old street plan of Plymouth in this dramatic map, so that you can see exactly which streets the reconstruction would sweep away. Orange marks the property destroyed or damaged in the Blitz of 1941, and a lighter mid-grey the older property judged obsolete; the printed key groups the two together as sites available for reconstruction, and the distinction follows the report's discussion of war-damaged and obsolete areas and the matching red and blue of its companion Derelict Areas map. Darker greys show the buildings still standing in 1943, and the palest tone sites already cleared. Across them run the new axis of Armada Way, Royal Parade and the ring roads, in formal geometric lines that ignore the medieval pattern beneath. It is the clearest single image of the scale of Plymouth's post-war rebuilding, and one of the most striking maps in Abercrombie and Paton Watson's Plan for Plymouth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371670425947,"sku":"P-7-028578","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028578a.jpg?v=1792089789"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/bomb-damage.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}