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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Sewage Treatment
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: R…
Old Water Treatment
March 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Shockoe Bottom
June 1991
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Belle Island
June 1991
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pi…
Lock at intermediate
June 1991
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; James River (Va.) -- Pi…
Chimborazo Park
March 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Parks
June 1990
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Tee Box
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Park Meadow & Stuart
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
![[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21315/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on …
May 1972
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Jogging Trail
March 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Byrd Park
March 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Chimborazo Park
May 1978
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
Monument Ave
March 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
![[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21344/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on …
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
![[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21355/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Archived Environmental Plan binder. No title on …
April 1992
Original Binder Label: Archived Slides Environmental Plan Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond…
1821 E. Main
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
1821 E. Main
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
University of Richmond Entrance Feature
August 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
14 N. 17th St. Sign
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
14 N. 17th St. Sign
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Laser Quest Sign
February 1995
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Laser Quest Sign
February 1995
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Security Gate Encroachment
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…