Plan London Now—for Him!—County of London plan summary—mini potato map 1943
£36
SKU: P-6-112557
[Plan London Now—for Him! — Exhibition of] The County of London Plan
Issued by the London County Council for its July 1943 exhibition at County Hall, Westminster Bridge, this illustrated folding leaflet brought Forshaw and Abercrombie’s County of London Plan to a wider public during the war. Parks, communities and redesigned roads present a vision of reconstruction centred on the quality of everyday life. Four diagrams contrast existing open spaces with a proposed connected park system, explain land use and residential communities, and set out the proposed road network. The small road diagram at lower right offers an early public view of the ring-and-radial system that helped lay the groundwork for the later, fiercely contested London Ringways; those later inner orbital motorways remained largely unbuilt after their cancellation in 1973. At lower left, a small diagram of social communities, land uses and open spaces echoes the rounded forms of the celebrated ‘potato map’, while being a different diagram from the full-size Social and Functional Analysis plate in the published plan. The accompanying explanation places main roads between communities, protecting their independence and allowing children to walk to school safely. Photographs contrast a cramped courtyard with the openness of cottage housing. With its appeal to plan London for the next generation, the leaflet is an engaging record of reconstruction ambitions as they were first being explained and debated.
Size 31 x 49 cm | 12.0 x 19.5 inches
Date Published: July 1943
Type: Vintage folding planning leaflet with maps and photographs printed in colour
Author: Abercrombie, Patrick
Publication: Plan London Now—for Him!
Condition: Good |
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