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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American Red Cross
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Media General
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
One Capitol Square
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Media General
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
American Red Cross
January 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Federal Reserve Building
April 1980
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Signet
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Signet
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Richmond Times - Dispatch / Media General Building
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Ad Price Building
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Federal Reserve Twin Towers
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…
Ethyl (From Spring St.)
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Ad Price
August 1997
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
James Center
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
James Center
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Main St.
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
James Center
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…
Commonwealth Club
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Crestar - Main St.
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Media General
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
411 E. Franklin
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
The French Quarter
April 1998
Original Binder Label: Volume 3 - Commercial Buildings Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Building…
Atlantic Life Bldg 6th + Grace
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…
J.S.R.C.C. From Future Biot.
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…