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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![[Archived 2 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/17566/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived 2 binder. No title on slide.]
June 1985
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
![[Archived 2 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/17568/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived 2 binder. No title on slide.]
February 1977
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Hull St. Comm.
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Forest Hill at Cherokee
April 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
150 at Forest Hill Vacant Land
June 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Rt. 60 - 150 Interch. Congestion
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Porter St.
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Wills's Store 1813 27th + Marshall St.
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Gimdall Creek Park, Walmsley Blvd, Angus Rd.
December 1970
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Hull St.
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Tight Turn, Clopton at Hull
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Bainbridge St.
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
N Alley Post Office Hull St
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Confederate Memorial Chapel 1887
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Bicyclist on W. Park at Stafford
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
![S. Semmes @ Cowaiden [i.e., Cowardin]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/17607/1/thumbnail.webp)
S. Semmes @ Cowaiden [i.e., Cowardin]
November 1971
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Powhite Pky (pm peak) SB Traffic
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Chippenham @ Forest Hill
December 1970
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Forest Hill + Chipp
June 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Hull St @ 14th
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…
Akron + Corbin St. Mary Scotts School
January 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -…
Industry Southside
October 1969
Original Binder Label: Archived 2 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
![[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/17661/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]
March 1990
Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works
![[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/17668/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived 10 binder. No title on slide.]
March 1990
Original Binder Label: Archived 10 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pictorial works