Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection
from Virginia Commonwealth University
The Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection contains over 8,000 photographs primarily depicting the city of Richmond, Virginia. The collection of 35mm slides was compiled by the staff of the Planning and Preservation Division of the City of Richmond's Department of Planning and Development Review. It functioned as an archive of planning imagery used for presentations to the public, to community groups, and to the Planning Commission and City Council for the adoption of plans. The collection was also used to illustrate the Richmond Master and Downtown Plans as well as neighborhood planning documents. It is an important resource for understanding the larger context of planning as practiced in Richmond during the second half of the twentieth century. The images document the changes in numerous Richmond neighborhoods, in the city's architecture and streetscapes, and in other various aspects of the built environment. Dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the '70s to the '90s, the photographs depict buildings, streets, aerial views, parks, parking lots, floods, people, and events, mostly in Richmond, but also in other cities in Virginia and in other states. The non-Richmond views were used by the Division as examples of best planning practices. David Sacks, a longtime city planner who headed the Comprehensive Planning Division for a number of years, shot a large number of the slides.
VCU Libraries digitized this collection in 2008 and 2010. Jennifer Cason supervised student employees, digitization, and quality control. Student employees Kaitlin Foray and Kelly Crone assisted with digitization. Metadata Librarian Mary Anne Dyer created the metadata for this digital collection.
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Old Manchester
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Library of VA
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Biotech I
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
4th Precinct Police Bike Unit
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Public Art
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Downtown YMCA
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
S.S. Bldg
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
School Kids
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
![[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/23662/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No tit…
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
James Center
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Monroe Park Fountain
July 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
![[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/23665/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No tit…
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Farmer's Market
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
![[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/23667/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No tit…
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
![[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/23668/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No tit…
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Festival Park
April 1995
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Coliseum Plaza Festival Park
July 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
![[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/23672/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials binder. No tit…
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Annabel Lee Riverboat Richmond, VA
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Bus Shelter MCV
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Fan District Richmond, VA
February 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 1 - Presentations, Aerials Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildi…
Broad St. Bus Shelter Downtown
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 2 - Transportation - Streetscapes Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Ri…
Bus Shelter
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 2 - Transportation - Streetscapes Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Ri…
Trolley
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 2 - Transportation - Streetscapes Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Ri…