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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702 Everett St. Philip Morris
March 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
1100 W. Cary St.
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…
1100 W. Cary St.
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…
Peoples Drug Encroachment
October 1992
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Peoples Drug Encroachment
October 1992
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
612 E. Marshall St. MCV / VCU Hosp. House
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…
938, 940, 944 W. Grace St. Awning Encroachments
August 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
938, 940, 944 W. Grace St. Awning Encroachments
August 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Joy Garden Rest. 2918 W. Broad
May 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Joy Garden Rest. 2918 W. Broad
May 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
![[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21471/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]
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…
![[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21472/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]
September 1994
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
![[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/21473/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Encroachments binder. No title on slide.]
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…
400 N. First Street
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
2600 E. Main St.
February 1991
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
2600 E. Main St.
February 1991
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
3059 Meadowbridge Rd.
January 1992
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
2500 block E. Cary St. Kinney Building
February 1991
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
1101 North Blvd. New Wave Sign Encroachment
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
Millie's Dining Area Encroachment
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
830 E. Main St.
November 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
830 E. Main St.
November 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
830 E. Main St.
November 1996
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)
400 Decatur St. Westuaco Encroachment
April 1997
Original Binder Label: Encroachments Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works City/Location: Richmond (Va.)