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  • MULLAN, Bob.
    Stevenage Ltd.: Aspects of the Planning and Politics of Stevenage New Town, 1946-78

    London Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980

    480pp. Good copy. Dust Wrapper. Very good

    Stock ID: 22697
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  • ALDRIDGE, Meryl.
    The British New Towns: a programme without a policy

    Lodon Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

    219pp + 16pp catalogue of books published by Routledge et al. Very good with dust wrapper. Previous owner's name on paste down in pencil. This is a review of urban and regional policies in the mid-1970s, with major implications for the new towns as an element of national policy at a time when forecasts were suggesting a decline in population. Covers the history and evolution of British New Towns and their part in wider urban policy.

    Stock ID: 22696
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  • ABERCROMBIE Sir Patrick, [ Foreword] (Abercrombie, Patrick, 1879-1957)
    Lidice: The Modern Garden Village of the Future

    London lincoln-Praeger [Publishers] Ltd 1945

    36pp. Illustrated. Decorated wrappers, stapled. A little dusty. Wrap around band with title "P A October 1945" in pen on title page. [Probably Patrick Abercrombie's hand]. Text contributors include Cyril Merhout on the history of Lidice, Dr B Stross, of the Lidice Shall Live Movement Evzen Sternbeck, assistant to Patrick Abercrombie, and Will Lawther. Centre fold is a double page plan of the proposed new garden village, drafted by Sternbeck and other illustrations show the devastation following the razing of the village to the ground in 1942 and destruction of the community by the Nazi regime. This booklet describes the history of the village's movement towards rebuilding, supported particularly by the communities of Stoke…

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    London lincoln-Praeger [Publishers] Ltd 1945

    36pp. Illustrated. Decorated wrappers, stapled. A little dusty. Wrap around band with title "P A October 1945" in pen on title page. [Probably Patrick Abercrombie's hand]. Text contributors include Cyril Merhout on the history of Lidice, Dr B Stross, of the Lidice Shall Live Movement Evzen Sternbeck, assistant to Patrick Abercrombie, and Will Lawther. Centre fold is a double page plan of the proposed new garden village, drafted by Sternbeck and other illustrations show the devastation following the razing of the village to the ground in 1942 and destruction of the community by the Nazi regime. This booklet describes the history of the village's movement towards rebuilding, supported particularly by the communities of Stoke on Trent and Coventry in the UK. It also outlines the plan by Patrick Abercrombie's office for a new village based on the principles of Ebenezer Howard. Reconstruction of which started in 1954-55, linked to the establishment of a Memorial Rose Garden. One copy listed on JICS Library Hub

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    Stock ID: 22591
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