{"product_id":"plymouth-retrofuturistic-redevelopment-plan-abercrombie-watson-1944-old-map-p-7-028567","title":"Plymouth retrofuturistic redevelopment plan—Abercrombie \u0026 Watson 1944 old map","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'City of Plymouth—New City Centre'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe centrepiece of Abercrombie and Paton Watson's Plan for Plymouth, this vivid map imagines a city of the future rising from the ruins of the 1941 Blitz. A grand garden axis runs from North Road station to the Hoe, crossed by broad shopping avenues, with civic and theatre, shopping and government office groups arranged around formal gardens and circular places. With its sweeping symmetry, roundabouts and parkland boulevards, the design has an unmistakably retro-futurist look: a 1940s vision of the city of tomorrow. It was one of the most radical of Britain's wartime reconstruction plans, and much of it was built: the grid of Royal Parade and Armada Way still defines central Plymouth, although the architecture changed and the old Guildhall survived. From the second edition of the plan, it is one of the most striking and decorative images of Britain's wartime vision of rebuilding.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371667640667,"sku":"P-7-028567","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028567a.jpg?v=1792089770","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/plymouth-retrofuturistic-redevelopment-plan-abercrombie-watson-1944-old-map-p-7-028567","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}