Street scenes

NOTES: The Victoria Pier was opened in 1888 and was badly damaged by fire in 1943. Its ruins were demolished in 1954.

NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London: Architectural Press, 1963).

NOTES: The Cathedral, the largest Romanesque church in Italy, was built between 1063 and 1118. The Bapistery replaced an older baptistery and was built in 1152-1363. This photograph is one of a number taken by Ivy de Wolfe (pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings) for the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London, Architectural Press, 1963).

NOTES: This image is one of many taken by Ivy de Wolfe, the pseudonym of Hazel de Cronin Hastings, of Italian subjects. Many of these appeared in the book 'The Italian Townscape' by Ivor de Wolfe (London: Architectural Press, 1963).

NOTES: This was part of the Festival of Britain 'Live' Architecture Exhibition.

NOTES: Burges won the competition of 1856, later preparing 5 sets of designs between 1856 and 1863 for a church of ever diminishing size. Despite submitting the winning entry, Burges' modified designs for the church were rejected and he was replaced as architect by George Edmund Street.

NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).

NOTES: This image was included in the book 'The Modern Shop' (London: Architectural Press, 1952) by Bryan and Norman Westwood. It appeared in the publication on p.167.