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Illustration demonstrating the advantages of placing health, shopping, recreation, education, work and travel facilities within easy reach of the home
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NOTES: During World War II Erno Goldfinger presented his vision of the reconstruction of a post war Britain in a series of exhibitions mounted for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs (A.B.C.A.). In the 1944 ABCA exhibition entitled 'Planning Your Neighbourhood: for home, for work, for play' Goldfinger proposed a blueprint for the rebuilding of the heavily bombed London district of Shoreditch. The image shown here is page 4 of a bound presentation booklet for the project which was designed for the Air Ministry Directorate of Educational Services.
Illustration demonstrating the advantages of siting schools and nurseries safely away from crossing traffic
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NOTES: During World War II Erno Goldfinger presented his vision of the reconstruction of a post war Britain in a series of exhibitions mounted for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs (A.B.C.A.). In the 1944 ABCA exhibition entitled 'Planning Your Neighbourhood: for home, for work, for play' Goldfinger proposed a blueprint for the rebuilding of the heavily bombed London district of Shoreditch. The image shown here is page 6 of a bound presentation booklet for the project which was designed for the Air Ministry Directorate of Educational Services.
Site plan demonstrating the importance of placing nurseries and schools within easy walking distance of childrens' homes on a proposed residental development in Shoreditch, London
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NOTES: During World War II Erno Goldfinger presented his vision of the reconstruction of a post war Britain in a series of exhibitions mounted for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs (A.B.C.A.). In the 1944 ABCA exhibition entitled 'Planning Your Neighbourhood: for home, for work, for play' Goldfinger proposed a blueprint for the rebuilding of the heavily bombed London district of Shoreditch. The image shown here is page 14 of a bound presentation booklet for the project which was designed for the Air Ministry Directorate of Educational Services.
Nursery school, Bradburns Lane, Hartford, Northwich
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NOTES: Conceived as a prototype for timber unit construction, the original building burnt down but has been reconstructed in brick and now called the Sir Leslie Martin Day Nursery.
Beechwood Day Nursery, Garston, Watford
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NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and headed its pioneering school-building programme.
Beechwood Day Nursery, Garston, Watford: detail of window fittings
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NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and headed its pioneering school-building programme.
Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Ricardo Street, Poplar, London: the courtyard facade
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NOTES: This nursery school, together with the Susan Lawrence Primary School, was designed by Yorke Rosenberg & Mardall for the London County Council. The design of this school was strongly influenced by the pioneering post-war school-building programme of Hertfordshire County Council.
F. R. S. Yorke at the official opening of the Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Ricardo Street, Poplar, London
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NOTES: This nursery school, together with the Susan Lawrence Primary School, was designed by Yorke Rosenberg & Mardall for the London County Council. The design of this school was strongly influenced by the pioneering post-war school-building programme of Hertfordshire County Council.